Bottle with the 'three friends of winter'; Porcelain bottle with a spherical body and a narrow neck; painted in underglaze blue and on the enamel red; green; black and gold. On the belly three scalloped cartouches with rocks and the 'three friends of the winter' (pine; bamboo; prunus); curls around the cartouches with half and top rosettes. On the shoulder a band with a meander pattern with raised; pointed leaf motifs. The border with three times hanging branches. A decorative band around the foot. Imari.; anonymous; Japan; c. 1650 - c. 1699; Edo-period (1600-1868); porcelain (material); glaze; cobalt (mineral); gold (metal); vitrification; h 24 cm d 2.4 cm d 12.5 cm d 7.2 cm