Antique Chinese Qing Dynasty Blue & White Celadon-Ground Vase Immortals 24"H Imari The reverse continues the landscape

The reverse continues the landscape motif with engraved terrain and structures

Antique Japanese Sometsuke Sobachoko with Stylized Landscape Scene

The Koi fish

the side inscribed 大黒天像 (Daikokuten-zō — Image of Daikokuten)

a technique of incising fine line designs into a lacquer ground and filling the channels with contrasting colored lacquer — here red

Antique Chinese Qing Dynasty Blue & White Celadon-Ground Vase Immortals 24"H Imari The reverse continues the landscapeChinese Blue & White Celadon Ground Vase, Immortals , Qing Dynasty China, Qing Dynasty, 19th century Height = 24 in. (61 cm); Weight = 16lbs 8oz A large celadon ground baluster vase (, hupng) in blue and white (, qnghu), painted with a lively gathering of Daoist immortals (, bxin) in a garden setting. The principal face depicts five robed figures in animated interaction one bearded elder bearing a ruyi scepter, others gesturing in conversation or