A PAIR OF LARGE AND IMPRESSIVE JAPANESE MOULDED AND LACQUERED VASES

A PAIR OF LARGE AND IMPRESSIVE JAPANESE MOULDED AND LACQUERED VASES
EDO PERIOD, 18TH CENTURY

Both vases with a tall, elongated pear-shaped body; decorated in underglaze blue with leafy scrolling tendrils and double-gourds, the same motifs repeated in low relief; each vase with iron-red lacquer and gilt bands of curling patterns to the rim and above the foot, and with further traces of lacquer decoration; both raised on European gilded stands, the vases 98cm. (4)

Provenance: the collection of Miss Elizabeth Augusta Grosvenor Guest (1879-1960), grand-daughter of Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster (1795-1869), and grand-daughter of Lady Charlotte Guest (later Schreiber, 1812-95).