Ovoid covered jar with a lady reading a letter and final in the shape of a shishi, Egg-shaped porcelain covered pot, painted in underglaze blue and on the glaze gold. On the belly two compartments with in one a sitting lady with a letter in her hand, the other with two flowering trees near rocks and a fence. On the shoulder a band with sprirals and prunus flowers. A band with pointed leaf motifs around the foot. The neck with a decorative band. Pot has been broken. Arita, blue and white., anonymous, Japan, c. 1650 - c. 1699, Edo-period (1600-1868), porcelain (material), glaze, cobalt (mineral), gold (metal), vitrification, h 21 cm d 10.2 cm d 18 cm d 8.8 cm
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Ovoid covered jar, lady reading, letter, final, shape, shishi, Egg-shaped porcelain covered pot, painted, underglaze blue, glaze gold, belly two compartments, sitting lady, hand, two flowering trees, rocks, fence, shoulder, band, sprirals, prunus flowers, pointed leaf motifs, foot, neck, decorative band, Pot, broken, Arita, blue, white, Japan, c, 1650, 1699, Edo-period, 1600-1868, porcelain, material, glaze, cobalt, mineral, gold, metal, vitrification
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