A 19th Century Japanese Imari Bottle with Lid – Edo
February 2013 Auction by Far East Asian Art

A very nice and rarely seen Japanese Imari water bottle with a tall skinny neck and a bulbous base. Amazingly, the bottle has its original decorated stopper - almost always these have been lost over the decades. The entire bottle and stopper are decorated with the classic Imari blue and red flowers and leaves.

The bottle measures 9" high and is 4 1/4" diameter at its widest. We date it to the early 19th century, Edo period, circa 1820s-1850s...