Square bottle with the 'three friends', birds and floral scrolls, Square bottle of porcelain, painted on the glaze in blue, red, green, yellow, brown, black and gold. Two birds (including cranes) on each wall on or near a flowering tree by a rock, one of the 'three friends of winter' (pine, bamboo, prunus) on three sides and a chrysanthemum on the fourth. Flower vines with a bird on the shoulder. Old label on the bottom with 'Westendorp Collection / 139'. Inscription on the bottom with 'a'. Some cracks in the wall, the neck has been buffed. Arita, Kakiemon., anonymous, Japan, c. 1670 - c. 1690

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Photo credit: © Gibon Art / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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