Japan. Edo period. Ca. 1700. Porcelain, painted in Wanli style with underglaze blue (sometsuke) with dignitaries accompanied by servants holding each a three-tired umbrella of honor. The bearded jubilarian is sitting in an open pavilion. On the shoulder of the vase four medallions with flowers on a background of a swastika pattern. Height 24.5cm. Underneath a leaf mark (peach leaf, momo). Condition C. Cracks at the neck and mouth.
Provenance: -Private collection Northern Germany, acquired since the 1850s.