Bottle vase with the 'three friends of winter', Bottle-shaped porcelain vase with spherical body and long, narrow neck, painted in underglaze blue and on the enamel red, green and gold. On the belly the 'three friends of winter' (prunus, bamboo, pine) with flowering plants in between. A decorative band around the foot. On the shoulder a band should have flower vines interspersed with a flower branch in a cartouche. The neck with flower sprays. Cracked glaze. Imari, Jean Theodore Royer, anonymous, Japan, c. 1700 - c. 1724, Edo-period (1600-1868), porcelain (material), glaze, cobalt (mineral), gold (metal), vitrification, h 24.5 cm d 2.3 cm d 14 cm d 7.6 cm
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Bottle vase, three friends, winter, Bottle-shaped porcelain vase, spherical body, long, narrow neck, painted, underglaze blue, enamel red, green, gold, belly, prunus, bamboo, pine, flowering plants, decorative band, foot, shoulder, band should, flower vines interspersed, flower branch, cartouche, neck, flower sprays, Cracked glaze, Imari, Jean Theodore Royer, Japan, c, 1700, 1724, Edo-period, 1600-1868, porcelain, material, glaze, cobalt, mineral, metal, vitrification
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