A pair of Japanese Imari vases and covers and a third ensuite with associated cover, Edo period, 18th century

oviform with short neck, decorated in iron red and black enamels and gilt on underglaze blue, with variously shaped panels alternately depicting ho-o birds among paulownia and waterfall-ascending carp, the shoulder with lappets depicting further ho-o birds and plum and kirin before stylised waves, the covers similarly decorated with karashishi finial, the associated cover with hanabishi and ruyi-shaped panels depicting hares

each approx. 63cm., 24¾in. high

This lot will be on view in our New Bond Street galleries on 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, 15^th, 16^th and 17^th January 2024.