Philippa Iles
Sale Coordinator
Collections, Including the Selected Contents of Meldon Park / A PAIR OF LARGE IMARI BALUSTER VASES AND COVERS Japan, Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1700
THE SELECTED CONTENTS OF MELDON PARK
Lot 106
A PAIR OF LARGE IMARI BALUSTER VASES AND COVERS
Japan, Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1700
2 February 2023, 11:00 GMT
Edinburgh£2,000 - £3,000
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Charlie Thomas
Group Head, Private Collections, Furniture & Works of Art, U.K
Madeleine Cater
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A PAIR OF LARGE IMARI BALUSTER VASES AND COVERS
Japan, Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1700
Each decorated in typical palette of underglaze blue, iron-red, and gilt enamels with a near-identical design, the bodies with a continuous design of a pavilion in a richly blooming garden with pine, cherry blossom, peony, Chinese bellflower, chrysanthemum, and pinks, a family of four oxen outside the garden gate, the neck and foot with bands of ho-o birds enclosed in lobed reserves on hanabishi-mon (flowery-diamond crests) ground, and bands of plum blossom and karakusa ('Chinese grasses') ground surrounding three matsukawabishi (pine-bark) shaped reserves enclosing the 'Three Friends of Winter' (pine, bamboo, and prunus); the domed covers similarly decorated and surmounted by a teardrop-shaped finial, each vase: 87.8cm (34 9/16in) high (4)
Each decorated in typical palette of underglaze blue, iron-red, and gilt enamels with a near-identical design, the bodies with a continuous design of a pavilion in a richly blooming garden with pine, cherry blossom, peony, Chinese bellflower, chrysanthemum, and pinks, a family of four oxen outside the garden gate, the neck and foot with bands of ho-o birds enclosed in lobed reserves on hanabishi-mon (flowery-diamond crests) ground, and bands of plum blossom and karakusa ('Chinese grasses') ground surrounding three matsukawabishi (pine-bark) shaped reserves enclosing the 'Three Friends of Winter' (pine, bamboo, and prunus); the domed covers similarly decorated and surmounted by a teardrop-shaped finial, each vase: 87.8cm (34 9/16in) high (4)