Ovoid covered jar with Japanese ladies in pavillions among flowering plants; Egg-shaped covered pot of porcelain; painted in underglaze blue and on the enamel red; black and gold. On the belly a continuous representation of various pavilions with Japanese ladies surrounded by a rock and large flowering plants (peony; carnation; prunus; chrysanthemum) in an enclosed garden. On the shoulder a broad band with peonies interrupted by book-shaped cartouches with landscapes or flowering plants. Around the neck a band with leaf vines interrupted by groups of three prunus flowers. Around the foot and on the neck a band with alternating a stylized flower tendon and chrysanthemums in boxes. The foot with a band with a wool motif. Imari.; anonymous; Japan; c. 1700; Edo-period (1600-1868); porcelain (material); glaze; cobalt (mineral); gold (metal); vitrification; h 58.1 cm d 21.1 cm d 42 cm d 22.5 cm w 17.9 kg