TWO JAPANESE ARITA BLUE AND WHITE VESSELS

TWO JAPANESE ARITA BLUE AND WHITE VESSELS

EDO PERIOD, 17TH CENTURY

The first a tall bottle vase painted with sprays of camellia, chrysanthemum, millet, and prunus, a small bird flying to one side and with a full moon above; the other a ewer fitted with a European metal mount to the handle, the bulbous body decorated with a continuous design of figures in a mountainous landscape, with formal patterns of flowers and scrolling leaves to the neck, 30cm and 27.5cm. (2)