Vase with fluted neck

This tall vase with a typical shape highly favoured during the Meiji period is painted in underglaze cobalt blue with circular medallions of various diameters with mainly plant motifs of camellia, chrysanthemum, peony, prunus, pine, iris, autumn grasses, radish, grapevine and more. In addition to the plant motif, the medallions bear phoenixes and “Chinese lions” and landscape scenery featuring Mount Fuji. (See Filip Suchomel – Marcela Suchomelová, Mistrovská díla japonského porcelánu, Praha 1997, p. 190.)