A large baluster fluted Imari vase and en-suite cover


Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1700Painted in underglaze blue, iron red and pink enamels with gilt with a continuous design of peonies growing from behind rocks at the bottom section, chrysanthemum blossoms and trailing branches of cherry spreading across the upper section beneath a chrysanthemum-petal shaped fluting border enclosing different bird-and-flower scenes extending from the shoulder to the body, the domed cover similarly decorated with chrysanthemums and surmounted by a tear-shaped knop. 74cm (29 1/8in) high. (2).
|ProvenancePrincesse Charles d'Arenberg collection, purchased at Galerie Georges Giroux, Brussels, 15 November 1926.