The shoulder set off from the neck by a thin ridge, the body painted in underglaze-blue, gold and a little iron red with clusters of bamboo, the neck painted with phoenix medallions, kiri and scroll work. One vase with two short cracks to the body. (2) Dimensions Height 62.5 cm Medium Button2 Literature Compare a lidded jar with very similar decoration, illustrated in: G. Jahn, Meiji Ceramics, Stuttgart 2004, p. 210, fig. 137 Provenance Collection Straub, Postdam Former property of a physician, who acquired the vases in the Potsdam/Berlin area before 1974 Notes VAT: Margin scheme