Covered bowl with hay-birds; flowering plants and floral scrolls; Porcelain covered bowl with ribbed wall and lobed edge; painted in underglaze blue and on the enamel red; green and gold. The outer wall of the bowl is divided into four compartments with alternately a flying or standing hay bird and flower vines; a flower or fruit branch four times around the base. At the bottom a fenced garden; the inner wall with three flower or fruit branches (finger lemon; peach). A band with floral scrolls on the inner edge. The lid with the same decoration; with an annular button and lobed edge. Gold Imari.; anonymous; Japan; c. 1700 - c. 1724; Edo-period (1600-1868); porcelain (material); glaze; cobalt (mineral); gold (metal); vitrification; h 7.1 cm h 5.8 cm d 11 cm d 5.2 cm h 2.1 cm x d 9.2 cm