Lot 793
IMARI JAR
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
Auction: Japanese Works of Art
£2,500
Description
of ovoid form, decorated with four shaped reserves with various scenes, one with ladies playing Go in a fenced garden beneath plumblossoms, another with a man climbing the palace wall to impress two ladies, another with two ladies sailing on a river, and the last depicting four fishermen feasting on the shores, all on a ground of lotus and peonies within roundels amongst scrolling leaves, the shoulder with floral diaper border and further lotus flowerheads
Dimensions
36cm high
Footnote
Provenance:
Private Scottish collection
Formerly with Solveig & Anita Gray, bears label. Also bears lacquer dealer's mark from E. Owens Antiques Liverpool.