Caption

Bowl, Japanese, Edo 1603–1868, late 17th century Edo period, Arita, porcelain Imari, vessel, height 12.0 cm, diameter 20.5 cm; decoration: floral pattern, figural scenes, peaches, dragonflies, crickets., A scalloped ceramic bowl with a pale off-white interior decorated with painted botanical motifs, featuring a central circular medallion containing a stylized fruit and leaves in orange, green, and dark blue, surrounded by a thin double ring in muted blue; the inner surface shows a spray of slender green and teal grasslike leaves and stems with orange flowers, and a curved arrangement of leafy branches in shades of green, teal, dark blue, and orange with small orange blossoms along the rim; the rim has a thin brownish edge and the background behind the bowl is a flat medium gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A22_003

License type

Rights managed

Available size

103.0Mb (4.1Mb) / 20.0in x 20.0in / 6000 x 5999 (300dpi)

Keywords

Bowl Japanese Edo 1603–1868 late 17th century Edo period Arita porcelain Imari vessel height 12.0 cm diameter 20.5 cm decoration floral pattern figural scenes peaches dragonflies crickets scalloped ceramic bowl pale off-white interior decorated painted botanical motifs featuring central circular medallion containing stylized fruit leaves orange green dark blue surrounded thin double ring muted blue inner surface spray slender green teal grasslike leaves stems orange flowers curved arrangement leafy branches shades teal small blossoms rim thin brownish edge background bowl flat medium gray.