A Japanese Imari Porcelain Covered Bowl with Silver Mounts and Handles, the Porcelain Circa 1690; the Silver Circa 1900

True Connoisseurship: The Collection of Ezra and Cecile Zilkha

A Japanese Imari Porcelain Covered Bowl with Silver Mounts and Handles, the Porcelain Circa 1690; the Silver Circa 1900

the bowl painted in underglaze blue and iron red with chrysanthemums and other flowers highlighted with gilding, the cover with vignettes of butterflies and pairs of birds, the silver mounts with straight gadroon borders, reeded harp-shaped handles and bud finial surrounded by radiating gadroons

width over handles 8 ¾ in.

22.3 cm