Lot 1: A Japanese Lidded Porcelain Jar, Imari Style Floral Decoration

A Japanese porcelain lidded jar of baluster form, featuring a multi-paneled decorative scheme in the Imari palette of underglaze cobalt blue, overglaze iron-red, and gilded highlights. The body is divided into vertical panels; one panel depicts thistles and foliage, another contains a large stylised peony and chrysanthemum motif against an iron-red ground, and a third displays a basket of flowers. The neck and foot are decorated with a repeating gilded karakusa scroll pattern over a dark blue ground. The domed lid, which matches the jar’s floral and foliate motifs, is topped with a pointed, gilded finial. The underside of the jar is not shown. No maker’s marks, signatures, or labels are visible on the item.