A RARE PAIR OF JAPANESE IMARI KENDI, Edo Period, 17th century
Height: 19 cm; 7.5 in
BE25/26
BE25/26
Each with a globular body, mammary spouts, and tall necks with upturned rims, boldly decorated around the bodies with budding and blossoming chrysanthemum and peony blooms issuing from tall grass...
Each with a globular body, mammary spouts, and tall necks with upturned rims, boldly decorated around the bodies with budding and blossoming chrysanthemum and peony blooms issuing from tall grass and leaves, painted in the Imari palette and highlighted in gold, set between bands of stylized petals above the feet and gilded floral scrolls on dark blue bands around the base of the necks, the necks finely painted with small flowering trees with long hanging branches, the upturned rims painted with delicate prunus branches and the mammary spouts encircled with a floral garland again highlighted in gold, the bases glazed.
