Caption

Storage vessel with lid by Zôshuntei Sanpo Zoshuntei Sampo zo, c. 1842–1878, Arita, Japan. Pear-shaped blue-and-white porcelain storage pot with flat cylindrical lid. Decorated in cobalt in multiple tones with a Chinese-style landscape: an old man resting alone under a pine on a rocky cliff overlooking a wide body of water, with mountainous scenery, a waterfall, lofty peaks, and sails on the horizon. Lower base has 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, related to Japanese bunjinga/nanga; free-form painting with precise, masterful lines. Underglaze cobalt signature on base: Zoshuntei Sampo zo. Height 21.8 cm; diameter 15.3 cm., A cylindrical ceramic object with a white base and blue painted decoration, showing a band of several rounded blue shapes above a horizontal blue line and a patterned blue border along the bottom; the background is a neutral light gray-beige, and the visible colors on the object are white and shades of blue.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A24_218

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28.1Mb (237.0Kb) / 14.5in x 7.5in / 4346 x 2263 (300dpi)

Keywords

Storage vessel lid Zôshuntei Sanpo Zoshuntei Sampo zo c 1842–1878 Arita Japan Pear-shaped blue- -white porcelain storage pot flat cylindrical lid Decorated cobalt multiple tones Chinese-style landscape old man resting alone under pine rocky cliff overlooking wide body water mountainous scenery waterfall lofty peaks sails horizon Lower base wide ornamental band three vertical two crossed lines neck lower edge diagonal-line bands forming triangular motifs lid decorated rock motif Decoration modeled Chinese Southern School painting related Japanese bunjinga nanga free-form painting precise masterful lines Underglaze cobalt signature base Zoshuntei Sampo zo Height 21.8 cm diameter 15.3 cm cylindrical ceramic object white base blue painted decoration showing band several rounded blue shapes horizontal blue line patterned blue border bottom background neutral light gray-beige visible colors object white shades blue.