Edo period (1615-1868), late 17th century The bottles each of typical bulbous form with short tapering necks with moulded rings, painted in underglaze blue with birds amid trailing peonies beneath a band of variously sized spear heads around the neck, each inscribed within a wystaria roundel, HB, 24.1cm (9½in); the box and cover painted in underglaze blue with the monogram VOC for the Dutch East India Company, within three circles on a simple design of arabesques, 6.2cm (2 3/8in). (4).