Bottle with peonies and Chinese lion, c. 1660s, Unknown Japanese, 11 3/16 × 6 3/16 × 6 3/16 in. (28.42 × 15.72 × 15.72 cm), Hizen ware, Ko-Imari style; porcelain with overglaze enamels, Japan, 17th century, This elegant, pear-shaped bottle features an auspicious combination of Chinese motifs lush peonies and mythological lion-dogsexecuted in red, blue, yellow, green, and black overglaze enamels. The technique of decorating porcelains by painting designs in multi-colored enamels over glazed, high-fired works was mastered in Japan only in the 1640s. Although also extremely popular within the country, many of these wares were intended for export to Southeast Asia and Europe.