• Japanese ‘Imari’ vase. Arita, c. 1700. Edo Period. front facing
  • Japanese ‘Imari’ vase. Arita, c. 1700. Edo Period. front facing
  • Japanese ‘Imari’ vase. Arita, c. 1700. Edo Period. front facing
  • Japanese ‘Imari’ vase. Arita, c. 1700. Edo Period.
  • Japanese ‘Imari’ vase. Arita, c. 1700. Edo Period.
  • Japanese ‘Imari’ vase. Arita, c. 1700. Edo Period.
  • Japanese ‘Imari’ vase. Arita, c. 1700. Edo Period.
  • Japanese ‘Imari’ vase. Arita, c. 1700. Edo Period.
  • Japanese ‘Imari’ vase. Arita, c. 1700. Edo Period.
  • Japanese ‘Imari’ vase. Arita, c. 1700. Edo Period. camel
  • Japanese ‘Imari’ vase. Arita, c. 1700. Edo Period.
  • Japanese ‘Imari’ vase. Arita, c. 1700. Edo Period. underneath

Japanese ‘Imari’ vase. Arita, c. 1700. Edo Period.

Japanese ‘Imari’ porcelain vase, Arita, c.1700. Edo Period. The hexagonal shaped vase, hand painted with panels of a bijin watching horses playing before a pavilion, in a landscape, alternating with panels of jardinieres containing flowering plants.
The shoulders with alternating circular and rhombus shaped reticulated panels, all on a gilded cobalt blue ground.

Medium: Porcelain

Height: 30 cm, 11 7/8”.

Width: 25 cm, 9 7/8”.

Condition: Very minor chips to rim. Some wear to the gilding. No restoration.