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Traditional Decorative Jars

Elegant porcelain jars with intricate blue and polychrome decorations. Features floral motifs and traditional Japanese craftsmanship.

Bottle with peonies and Chinese lion, c. 1660s, Unknown Japanese, 11 3/16 × 6 3/16 × 6 3/16 in. (28.42 × 15.72 × 15.72 cm), Hizen ware, Ko-Imari style; porcelain with overglaze enamels, Japan, 17th century, This elegant, pear-shaped bottle features an auspicious combination of Chinese motifs lush peonies and mythological lion-dogsexecuted in red, blue, yellow, green, and black overglaze enamels. The technique of decorating porcelains by painting designs in multi-colored enamels over glazed, high-fired works was mastered in Japan only in the 1640s. Although also extremely popular within the country, many of these wares were intended for export to Southeast Asia and Europe.
Bottle with peonies and Chinese lion, c. 1660s, Unknown Japanese, 11 3/16 × 6 3/16 × 6 3/16 in. (28.42 × 15.72 × 15.72 cm), Hizen ware, Ko-Imari style; porcelain with overglaze enamels, Japan, 17th century, This elegant, pear-shaped bottle features an auspicious combination of Chinese motifs lush peonies and mythological lion-dogsexecuted in red, blue, yellow, green, and black overglaze enamels. The technique of decorating porcelains by painting designs in multi-colored enamels over glazed, high-fired works was mastered in Japan only in the 1640s. Although also extremely popular within the country, many of these wares were intended for export to Southeast Asia and Europe.
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