A large blue and white urn and matching stand


Meiji eraThe globular urn with a wide trumpet mouth, cloud-form handles and high splayed foot resting on a separately fashioned rectangular plinth with slightly rounded sides and pierced cloud-form apertures to the short sides, the exterior of each piece molded in low-relief with numerous cranes flying amid stylized clouds, the celadon-glazed motifs reserved on a dark cobalt-blue ground (restorations to rim and foot).15in (38cm) height of vase4 7/8 x 19 7/8 x 15in (12.5 x 50.5 x 38cm) dimensions of stand