Lot 1175
  • 1175

A PAIR OF JAPANESE IMARI BOTTLE VASES, NOW MOUNTED AS LAMPS, THE PORCELAIN LATE 18TH CENTURY, THE MOUNTS LATER |

Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 USD
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Description

  • height of vase 9 1/4 in., 23.5 cm
each with a pear-shaped body set over a short foot and tapering to a slender neck, the body painted in dark underglaze blue with the 'Three Friends of Winter', the leaves and blossoms of the bamboo, prunus, and pine picked out in famille-verte enamels and gilt, all between a lappet band below and registers of further blossoms at the shoulder and neck, later-added ormolu mounts, drilled and wired for electricity