Edo period (1615-1868), early/mid-18th century Painted in underglaze blue, iron-red and gilt enamels, the centre well with a spotted shishi leaping on a rock from which issues shrubs of flowering peonies growing over the water, the broad, spreading rim with large scrolled panels decorated with ho-o (phoenixes) in flight among peonies separated by smaller cartouches enclosing a shishi on a ground of scrolling foliage in blue. 10.2cm x 54.2cm (4in x 21½in).