A JAPANESE IMARI TUREEN AND COVER

A JAPANESE IMARI TUREEN AND COVER

EDO PERIOD, C.1700

The circular body decorated in underglaze blue, gilt, red, green, and black enamels with shaped panels enclosing birds and flowering trees, in between large lappets enclosing flowerheads and karakusa scrolls, the lid decorated with similar scenes and the knop shaped as a fruiting branch of peaches, 19cm. (2)

Provenance: from the collection of Joseph Gordon (d.1969), of Randolph Crescent, Edinburgh, and thence by descent.