Japanese Blue & White Covered Jarlet–Taisho/Showa
September 2013 Auction by Far East Asian Art

This is a small Japanese blue and white jarlet with a pretty underglaze blue floral design. The jarlet bulges slightly at the waist and then narrows towards the top where the lid provides an overlapping cover for the contents. The top of the lid’s finial is also in the underglaze blue.

On the foot of the piece is a mark that looks like a feather. At first, we thought it might be the Koransha orchid, but we are not sure – so will just leave it as untranslated...