Caption

Storage vessel with lid by Zôshuntei Sanpo signature painted underglaze with cobalt: Zoshuntei Sampo zo, c. 1842–1878, Arita, Japan. Pear-shaped blue-and-white porcelain storage pot with flat cylindrical lid. Decorated in Chinese-style landscape composition: an old man resting alone under a pine on a rocky cliff overlooking a broad body of water, with mountainous scenery, a waterfall, lofty peaks, and distant boat sails. Lower base bears 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 Southern School Chinese painting and the Japanese bunjinga nanga movement; free-form painting with precise, masterful lines, using cobalt in bright, pure tones. Height 21.8 cm; diameter 15.3 cm., A ceramic object with a smooth white surface featuring blue painted designs, showing a landscape of stylized mountains and slopes in varying shades of blue, with delicate blue brushstrokes suggesting plants and small details, and a patterned blue border along the bottom with diagonal hatch-like motifs; the rim appears slightly darker blue and there are subtle shadows and light reflections on the glossy surface.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A24_217

License type

Rights managed

Available size

28.1Mb (277.5Kb) / 14.5in x 7.5in / 4346 x 2263 (300dpi)

Keywords

Storage vessel lid Zôshuntei Sanpo signature painted underglaze cobalt Zoshuntei Sampo zo c 1842–1878 Arita Japan Pear-shaped blue- -white porcelain storage pot flat cylindrical lid Decorated Chinese-style landscape composition old man resting alone under pine rocky cliff overlooking broad body water mountainous scenery waterfall lofty peaks distant boat sails Lower base bears wide ornamental band three vertical two crossed lines neck lower edge diagonal-line bands forming triangular motifs Lid decorated rock motif Decoration modeled Southern School Chinese painting Japanese bunjinga nanga movement free-form painting precise masterful lines using cobalt bright pure tones Height 21.8 cm diameter 15.3 cm ceramic object smooth white surface featuring blue designs showing landscape stylized mountains slopes varying shades delicate blue brushstrokes suggesting plants small details patterned blue border bottom diagonal hatch- motifs rim slightly darker blue subtle shadows light reflections glossy surface.