A Large Mid-18thC Japanese Porcelain Kutani Vase c.1740 sub-Architectural & Garden The absence of the windows

The absence of the windows of the soul is perhaps a little disconcerting and in this instance it makes the viewer aware of the vulnerability of the subject

and it is certainty local in make

The red velvet ground is thinning in some small areas and the bone crucifix is loose on its axis whilst the ebonised pine is in good order and the piece retains its old hanging hook for display

This particular example is possibly a convent piece worked by cloistered nuns

A Large Mid-18thC Japanese Porcelain Kutani Vase c.1740 sub-Architectural & Garden The absence of the windowsOrigin: Japanese Period: Edo Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1740 60 Height: 21. 75 Base Diameter: 6. 5 Top Diameter: 7 The large Japanese Kutani vase having an ovoid body enamelled and gilt with a woman and child in a garden on a tomato red ground, the reverse with H , diaper, karakusa and other flowers between, the base unmarked, surviving from mid eighteenth century Japan. The vase has considerable age and the rim and lip has at some stage been