Octagonal beaker vase with a shishi and hoo-bird in a landscape, Octagonal porcelain vase with a trumpet-shaped mouth, painted in underglaze blue. On the wall a shishi (lion dog) on a rock in a landscape surrounded by the 'three friends of winter' (bamboo, prunus, pine) and a peony plant, a hoo bird flies above the shishi. The decoration is ended by a band of clouds with ruyi motifs. The outer border with floral scrolls interrupted by two lobed cartouches: one with a hay bird above a pearl on three ruyi wool motifs, the other with a floral scroll. The foot with two bands with a decorative pattern. On the inner edge eight compartments with floral scrolls. Slightly crackled glaze. Blue White., anonymous, Japan, c. 1700, Edo-period (1600-1868), porcelain (material), glaze, cobalt (mineral), vitrification, h 41.1 cm d 21.2 cm d 11 cm
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Octagonal beaker vase, shishi, hoo-bird, landscape, Octagonal porcelain vase, trumpet-shaped mouth, painted, underglaze blue, wall, lion dog, rock, landscape surrounded, three friends, winter, bamboo, prunus, pine, peony plant, hoo bird flies, decoration, ended, band, clouds, ruyi motifs, outer border, floral scrolls interrupted, two lobed cartouches, hay bird, pearl, three ruyi wool motifs, floral scroll, foot, two bands, decorative pattern, inner edge eight compartments, floral scrolls, Slightly crackled glaze, Blue White, Japan, c, 1700, Edo-period, 1600-1868, porcelain, material, glaze, cobalt, mineral, vitrification
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