Caption

Vase, Yabu Meizan 1853–1934, c. 1900 Meiji 33, Japan, Osaka. Onion-shaped vase on a low ring foot with a long, slender neck bulging at the spout. Decorated with a freely composed kachôga flowers-and-birds motif: a small, delicately hatched black-and-gold ornament in the lower belly; a golden-leafed wisteria vine with white blooms entwining the neck and growing from a rock where a sparrow perches; a tall rose bush with white and red blooms beside the wisteria; two sparrows painted in gold and iron black flying around the plants. Warm, milky glaze with very fine cracklework; thin gold stripe around the foot and gilded rim. Gold-painted maker’s mark at the bottom in a square cartouche with three kanji characters: Yabu Meizan. Ceramic vessel, height 15.0 cm, diameter 8.0 cm., A pale cream porcelain vase with a long narrow neck and rounded body sits against a gray background; the surface shows fine craquelure and delicate painted decoration including a small bird in flight, floral clusters, leafy vines, and branches rendered in gold, brown, green, blue, and red tones, with additional gold accents near the rim and base, and the vase is reflected faintly on the surface beneath it.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A25_016

License type

Rights managed

Available size

63.2Mb (963.2Kb) / 12.3in x 20.0in / 3683 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Vase Yabu Meizan 1853–1934 c 1900 Meiji 33 Japan Osaka Onion-shaped vase low ring foot long slender neck bulging spout Decorated freely composed kachôga flowers- -birds motif small delicately hatched black- -gold ornament lower belly golden-leafed wisteria vine white blooms entwining neck growing rock sparrow perches tall rose bush white red blooms beside two sparrows painted gold iron black flying plants Warm milky glaze fine cracklework thin gold stripe gilded rim Gold-painted maker’s mark bottom square cartouche three kanji characters Yabu Meizan Ceramic vessel height 15.0 cm diameter 8.0 cm pale cream porcelain vase long narrow neck rounded body sits gray background surface fine craquelure delicate painted decoration small bird flight floral clusters leafy vines branches rendered brown green blue red tones additional gold accents near rim base vase reflected faintly surface beneath .