Japanese Imari Style Square Porcelain Vase

This item is a four-sided, square-profile porcelain vase featuring a white ground decorated in the traditional Imari or Arita style palette, primarily utilizing underglaze blue, iron-red, and green enamels with gold highlights. The vessel stands on a square base, tapers outward to a broad shoulder, and transitions into a short, flared neck with a circular, gold-rimmed opening. Each panel is intricately decorated with a garden motif featuring blue bamboo, orange peonies, and stylized foliage, bordered by a decorative geometric fretwork or 'rai-mon' pattern near the shoulder. The neck is adorned with a smaller floral sprig consistent with the body ornamentation. The glaze appears bright and reflective, indicating 20th-century manufacture, likely mid-to-late Showa era, intended for the export or decorative market. The craftsmanship shows clean lines and vibrant pigmentation, though common for this type of ceramic, slight unevenness in the hand-painted enamel may be present. The condition appears excellent with no visible cracks, chips, or significant loss to the gilding on the rim, suggesting it has been well-maintained as a decorative object.