Caption

Vase, flowers, satsuma, Japanese art, vases, Japanese culture, ceramics, cracklework decoration, lions, floral decorations, peonies, chrysanthemums, plum trees, Meiji 1868–1912, ca. 1870–1880 Meiji 3–13, Japan, vessel, height 26.5 cm, width 17.5 cm, diameter 16.5 cm, A ceramic vase with a rounded body and a flared rim sits against a plain gray background, predominantly cream in color with decorative floral painting in green, pink, red, and blue, and small gold or brown dotted accents. The rim has a band of turquoise and red petal-like motifs, and the neck area shows thin green bands. A sculpted lion head with a ring is attached to the front of the vase in the same cream tone with small red accents. The main body features painted branches with leaves and blossoms in shades of green, pink, and red, along with brown stems and subtle gold or brown dotted cloud-like marks. The base has a turquoise band above a patterned border in turquoise, cream, and red. The surface shows a glossy finish and the vase casts a soft reflection on the surface below.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A22_009

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Rights managed

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77.3Mb (1.0Mb) / 15.0in x 20.0in / 4502 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Vase flowers satsuma Japanese art vases Japanese culture ceramics cracklework decoration lions floral decorations peonies chrysanthemums plum trees Meiji 1868–1912 ca 1870–1880 Meiji 3–13 Japan vessel height 26.5 cm width 17.5 cm diameter 16.5 cm ceramic vase rounded body flared rim sits plain gray background predominantly cream color decorative floral painting green pink red blue small gold brown dotted accents rim band turquoise red petal- motifs neck area thin green bands sculpted lion head ring attached front vase cream tone small main body features painted branches leaves blossoms shades brown stems subtle gold cloud- marks base turquoise band patterned border cream surface glossy finish vase casts soft reflection .