A BLUE-AND-WHITE PORCELAIN OCTAGONAL JAR Arita ware, Edo period (1615-1868), late 17th/18th centuryA BLUE-AND-WHITE PORCELAIN OCTAGONAL JARArita ware, Edo period (1615-1868), late 17th/18th centuryPainted in underglaze blue with a continuous scene of a ho-o bird perched on a rocky outcrop, raising its head crying out, its partner in mid-flight about to land on another rocky ledge, the two separated by masses of flowering peony and camellia, the shoulder with a band of stylised clouds and under a band of repeated lappets, the neck with rectangular panels of formalised foliage. 24.5cm (9 5/8in).None