5050686 A Rare Elegantly Mounted Imari Coffee Pot and Cover (ceramic) by Japanese School, (17th-18th century); height: 27 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Edo period (late 17th - early 18th century), the mount 18th century, German. The octagonal tapering body with curved pierced handle for mounting, decorated in iron-red, green, brown-red and black enamels, pink wash and gilt on underglaze blue, the double-structure upper part open-worked and decorated with stylised flowerheads and foliage, above the lappets with cherry flowerheads, the domed cover similarly decorated; fitted with gilt-metal German mounts of tap modelled as a mythical dolphin, the tripod base with dolphins, the finial modelled as a Neptune\'s horse and further decoration to the rims and handle.); Photo by Christie\'s Images; Japanese, out of copyright.