UNDERGLAZE BLUE, JAPANESE IMARI

Gu Trumpet vase, reproduced by de Gournay following an original 18th century Japanese Arita design. Japanese mountainous landscape with trees, birds in flight, pagodas and pavilions painted in underglaze blue over a Blanc de Chine glaze. Cobalt ground, bordered with bands of key-fret and inset with petal shaped floral cartouches.