JAPAN, Imari - for the Dutch market, first third of the 18th century Porcelain truncated-cone table fountain with Imari decoration in blue underglaze and red of a shrub on a mound, flowered with peonies, with a perched peacock. With a later lid, decorated in blue, red and gold with flowering branches and fan motifs. Fretel in tassel. Mounting in gilded brass, including a tap, a cut-out hinge with a shell poucier, and two hoops, the base with three satyr-headed dipod feet. For the mounting: Province unies, Amsterdam or Hague workshops circa 1720-1730. H. 34.5 cm. Lid closure and mounting nut to be revised. Wear; fretel missing, star-shaped crack at bottom; tap spout missing; some bumping to rims and spots of oxidation.