Covered jar with large finial, ca. 1725–50, Japanese, for export market, Porcelain, Overall (confirmed): 24 11/16 × 13 5/16 × 13
Covered jar with large finial, ca. 1725–50, Japanese, for export market, Porcelain, Overall (confirmed): 24 11/16 × 13 5/16 × 13 5/16 in. ( × × cm), Ceramics-Porcelain-Export, Octagonal covered vases are relatively rare in Japanese export porcelain, and this vase is further distinguished by the prominent elongated finial on the cover. Large imported vases such as this one must have appeared remarkable to European collectors who were accustomed to smaller and less refined tin-glazed earthenware examples (known in Europe by various terms such as Delftware and faience
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