Lidded jar with chrysanthemum design

The decoration of this circular jar, which is slightly flared at the bottom, consists of different-sized chrysanthemum blossoms in white, golden, yellow, purple and black on a red background. The decoration stretches to the lid; the neck alone bears a geometric meandering motif. This type of Japanese porcelain comes from the Arita workshops and was made in the late Edo period (1603–1867) or the early Meiji period (1868–1912). The bottom bears the overglaze red signature: “Chōshun fuki” (Long spring and wealth and honour). (See Filip Suchomel – Marcela Suchomelová, Mistrovská díla japonského porcelánu, Praha 1997, pp. 172–173.)