Caption

Vase, doves, flowers iconography, Japanese art, Japanese culture, birds, Meiji 1868–1912, peonies, chrysanthemums, wolfberries, kachôga iconography, sakura iconography, cloisonné enamel. Belly flowing smoothly into a short, thick, slightly parted neck. Cloisonné enamel on copper; brass foot and spout frame. Ca. 1870–1880 Meiji Period, 1868–1912. Japan, Nagoya. Vessel; height 26.5 cm, width 12.6 cm., A vase with a glossy sky-blue background decorated with floral and bird motifs; the vase shows a group of flowers in red, pink, white, blue, and green leaves, and two birds with white, brown, black, and blue feathers; the neck area has a patterned band in red, black, blue, white, and gold tones, and the rim and base have metallic gold accents; the interior of the vase appears turquoise-blue with darker spots, and the vase is reflected on a neutral gray surface and set against a plain gray backdrop.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A19_496

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (1.4Mb) / 15.0in x 20.0in / 4500 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Vase doves flowers iconography Japanese art Japanese culture birds Meiji 1868–1912 peonies chrysanthemums wolfberries kachôga iconography sakura iconography cloisonné enamel Belly flowing smoothly short thick slightly parted neck Cloisonné enamel copper brass foot spout frame Ca 1870–1880 Meiji Period 1868–1912 Japan Nagoya Vessel height 26.5 cm width 12.6 cm vase glossy sky-blue background decorated floral bird motifs group flowers red pink white blue green leaves two birds brown black blue feathers neck area patterned band gold tones rim base metallic gold accents interior turquoise-blue darker spots reflected neutral gray surface set plain gray backdrop.