Caption

Storage vessel with lid by Zôshuntei Sanpo signed Zoshuntei Sampo zo, c. 1842–1878, Arita, Japan. Pear-shaped blue-and-white porcelain jar with flat cylindrical lid. Decorated in cobalt in several tones with a Chinese-style landscape: an old man resting under a pine on a rocky cliff overlooking water, with mountains, a waterfall, lofty peaks, and sailing boats on the horizon; 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 triangles; lid decorated with a rock motif. Decoration modeled on Southern School Chinese painting and the Japanese bunjinga/nanga movement; free-form painting with precise, masterful lines. Height 21.8 cm; diameter 15.3 cm. Materials: blue-and-white porcelain. Periods: Edo–Meiji Edo 1603–1868; Meiji 1868–1912., An off-white cylindrical ceramic object with blue painted decoration around its side, featuring a stylized landscape motif with a group of rounded blue shaded forms resembling rocks or hills on one side and a single larger blue rounded form on the other, a band of diagonal hatched pattern in blue near the base, a thin blue line above that band, and subtle variations of blue shading and brushwork across the surface; background color is a muted light gray-beige.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A24_216

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Keywords

Storage vessel lid Zôshuntei Sanpo signed Zoshuntei Sampo zo c 1842–1878 Arita Japan Pear-shaped blue- -white porcelain jar flat cylindrical lid Decorated cobalt several tones Chinese-style landscape old man resting under pine rocky cliff overlooking water mountains waterfall lofty peaks sailing boats horizon lower base features wide ornamental band three vertical two crossed lines neck lower edge diagonal-line bands forming triangles lid decorated rock motif Decoration modeled Southern School Chinese painting Japanese bunjinga nanga movement free-form painting precise masterful lines Height 21.8 cm diameter 15.3 cm Materials blue- -white porcelain Periods Edo–Meiji Edo 1603–1868 Meiji 1868–1912 off-white cylindrical ceramic object blue painted decoration side featuring stylized landscape motif group rounded blue shaded forms resembling rocks hills single larger blue rounded form band diagonal hatched pattern blue near base thin line subtle variations blue shading brushwork across surface background color muted light gray-beige.