Caption

Storage Vessel with Lid, Zôshuntei Sanpo 1841–1878. Storage pot, blue-and-white porcelain, Arita, Japan, c. 1842–1878. Pear-shaped vessel with a flat cylindrical lid. Decorated in a Chinese-style landscape: an old man resting alone under a pine on a rocky cliff overlooking a wide body of water, contemplating a mountainous scene with waterfall, lofty peaks, and distant boat sails. Lower base features a wide ornamental band of three vertical and two crossed lines; neck and lower edge of lid have diagonal-line bands forming triangular motifs. Lid decorated with a rock motif. Decoration modeled on Chinese Southern School painting and the Japanese bunjinga nanga movement; free-form painting with precise, masterful lines. Cobalt in a bright, pure shade in several tones. Underglaze cobalt signature on the base: Zoshuntei Sampo zo made by Zoshuntei Sampo. Height 21.8 cm; diameter 15.3 cm., A porcelain jar with a lid featuring blue painted landscape motifs on a white background, showing brushstroked mountain- and rock-like shapes and flowing washes of blue; the lid and neck have repeating arched and lined decorative bands in blue; the lower body has a geometric band near the base in blue; the overall colors visible are blue, white, and gray from the background and surface reflections.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A24_201

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80.4Mb (809.2Kb) / 15.6in x 20.0in / 4681 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Storage Vessel Lid Zôshuntei Sanpo 1841–1878 Storage pot blue- -white porcelain Arita Japan c 1842–1878 Pear-shaped vessel flat cylindrical lid Decorated Chinese-style landscape old man resting alone under pine rocky cliff overlooking wide body water contemplating mountainous scene waterfall lofty peaks distant boat sails Lower base features wide ornamental band three vertical two crossed lines neck lower edge lid diagonal-line bands forming triangular motifs Lid decorated rock motif Decoration modeled Chinese Southern School painting Japanese bunjinga nanga movement free-form painting precise masterful lines Cobalt bright pure shade several tones Underglaze cobalt signature base Zoshuntei Sampo zo Zoshuntei Sampo Height 21.8 cm diameter 15.3 cm porcelain jar featuring blue painted landscape motifs white background showing brushstroked mountain- rock- shapes flowing washes repeating arched lined decorative bands lower body geometric band near colors visible white gray background surface reflections.