A SHOKI IMARI SAKE FLASK EDO PERIOD, 1630-1640S |

the pear shaped flask with tall neck and everted rim, decorated in underglaze blue with plum and bamboo beneath the bowing branches of a pine tree

Sekido Museum of Art, Yamatake Yoshikazu Collection – Early Imari Exhibition (Tokyo, 2014), pl.102 p.72

There is some slight glaze-crazing around the bottom of the bottle-vase and one side of the neck rim. Otherwise this piece is in good condition.
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For a similar example see Toguri Museum of Art, Early Imari Ware (Tokyo, 1997), pl. 53 p. 30