Ovoid jar (fountain jar) with flowering plants near a rock, Egg-shaped pot (fountain pot) of porcelain, painted in underglaze blue. Twice a flowering plant (peony) and butterflies near a rock with an orchid in between. On the shoulder a band with a swastika pattern interrupted by four lobed cartouches with valuables (artemia leaf) on a brush. The neck with stylized leaf motifs. A metal faucet was later attached to the abdomen. The lid with a continuous landscape with rocks, trees and clouds. Lid is not matching. Two chips in the edge. Arita, blue and white., anonymous, Japan, c. 1670 - c. 1680


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