A LARGE KAKIEMON-STYLE VASE, EDO PERIOD, LATE 17TH CENTURY

A LARGE KAKIEMON-STYLE VASE, EDO PERIOD, LATE 17^TH CENTURY

the oviform vase with tall, ring neck and rounded foot, decorated in underglaze blue with three panels, the first depicting a sennin beneath rocks beside plantain, the second with a scholar and attendant beneath a tree, the third panel with long-tailed birds among pomegranates, all bordered with a wave design beneath a band of lappets and scrolling foliage to the shoulder

54 cm., 21¼ in. high