Bottle vase with the 'three friends of winter'; Bottle-shaped porcelain vase with spherical body and long; narrow neck; painted in underglaze blue and on the enamel red; green and gold. On the belly the 'three friends of winter' (prunus; bamboo; pine) with flowering plants in between. A decorative band around the foot. On the shoulder a band should have flower vines interspersed with a flower branch in a cartouche. The neck with flower sprays. Cracked glaze. Imari; Jean Theodore Royer; anonymous; Japan; c. 1700 - c. 1724; Edo-period (1600-1868); porcelain (material); glaze; cobalt (mineral); gold (metal); vitrification; h 24.5 cm d 2.3 cm d 14 cm d 7.6 cm