A JAPANESE LACQUERED-PORCELAIN LARGE VASE

A JAPANESE LACQUERED-PORCELAIN LARGE VASE
MEIJI PERIOD, LATE 19TH – EARLY 20TH CENTURY
With everted foliate rim, decorated overall in gold, red and black low and high-relief lacquer, the body with two large opposing panels, one containing a scene of two travellers beside a large pine tree and thatched rooves, boats on a lake behind them, the opposite panel with birds in flowering branches, the panels bordered by geometric patterns and roundels containing cranes
37 3⁄4 in. (96 cm.) high

Provenance
Supplied by François-Joseph Graf.