A PAIR OF JAPANESE ARITA BLUE AND WHITE GU-FORM VASES, EDO PERIOD (LATE 17TH CENTURY)

A PAIR OF JAPANESE ARITA BLUE AND WHITE GU-FORM VASES
EDO PERIOD (LATE 17TH CENTURY)
Each with flaring rim and base, decorated in a deep underglaze blue with a continuous mountain landscape of residences amongst tall banana trees, pine, and stylised clouds, the body divided by a globular middle section containing peony heads against foliate scrolls, the foot with a band of lappets in the form of omodaka (three-leaf arrow heads)
One: 18 ¾ in. (47.5 cm.) high; the other: 18 ¼ in. (46.5 cm.) high