Painted in polychrome enamels on clear glaze with three large panels of figures with a fan and parasol and a long tailed bird in a garden of blossoming plum and bamboo amongst Chinese-style rocks. Height 30,5 cm.
Repaired.
John Ayers, Far Eastern Ceramics in the Victoria & Albert Museum, pl 260. Soame Jenyns, Japanese Porcelain, no 57b. John Ayers et al, Porcelain for the Palaces, The Fashion for Japan in Europe 1650-1750, pl 138.
This jar was made in Arita for export to Europe and was probably commissioned by the Dutch East India Company.