A porcelain covered baluster vase with Imari decoration mounted in bronze, Japan, Arita kilns, 18th centuryThe body covered with a blue enamel underglaze decorated with golden floral scrolls, chrysanthemums in red and gold overglaze and polychrome enamelled panels in reserves. Two on the upper part of the body decorated with lake landscapes animated with pines, waterfall, rocks, mountains and pavilion, and two on the lower part in the form of tanzaku decorated with vine shoots and wisteria. A frieze of peony flowers and foliage in red and gold on a white background on the shoulder. The lid decorated with four reserves alternating a decoration of two carps among seaweeds and lake landscapes on a background similar to the vase, two floral friezes around the grip. European gilt bronze mounting of the 19th centuryTotal height : 66 cmCracks inside the lid and around the grip .