Japanese ,Meiji Period ,interior center painted with peonix bird with green leaves with cloud swirls on a geometric ground, enclosed with key fret and geometric borders, sides painted with varieties of key fret, blossom floral motifs and geometric patterns. Exterior painted with shaped cartouche enclosed with mythical beast with cloud swirls on an iron red ground, mouth rim in gilt, bottom encircled with plantain and key fret borders, underside with a 'fook' seal mark H: 4.6"(11.7cm) D: 8.5"(21.5cm) Provenance : Estate of Mr Charles Farmer, Manhattan ,New York Condition: in overall good condition with a short faint hairline to the rim and a small chip to the inner foot ring