A Porcelain Pear-Form Bottle Arita Ware, Edo Period (1650-70) Decorated in polychrome enamels over clear glaze with three fan-shaped figural panels representing the 'Three Friends,' pine, plum and bamboo ( Shochikubai ), six small roundels at the base of the neck, a surrounding ground of red-enamel diaperwork and a garland of stylized floral lappets below the rolled lip, one large panel painted with a sage under a pine tree holding a large aubergine jewel and gazing outside the picture frame, one panel painted with a sage and page on an outcrop below a blossoming plum and also gazing down into the distance, and one panel painted with a sage holding an aubergine-enamel fan and regarding a stand of yellow, green and aubergine bamboo, two of the roundels designed with Taoist 'precious emblems,' one with a paulownia blossom and three with fretwork, a single line above and a double-line of red enamel around the raised foot, foot rim unglazed 15.1/8in. (68.3cm.) high
A Porcelain Pear-Form Bottle Arita Ware, Edo Period (1650-70) Decorated in polychrome enamels over clear glaze with three fan-shaped figural panels representing the 'Three Friends,' pine, plum and bamboo ( Shochikubai ), six small roundels at the base of the neck, a surrounding ground of red-enamel diaperwork and a garland of stylized floral lappets below the rolled lip, one large panel painted with a sage under a pine tree holding a large aubergine jewel and gazing outside the picture frame, one panel painted with a sage and page on an outcrop below a blossoming plum and also gazing down into the distance, and one panel painted with a sage holding an aubergine-enamel fan and regarding a stand of yellow, green and aubergine bamboo, two of the roundels designed with Taoist 'precious emblems,' one with a paulownia blossom and three with fretwork, a single line above and a double-line of red enamel around the raised foot, foot rim unglazed 15.1/8in. (68.3cm.) high
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