Caption

Vase, Yabu Meizan 1853–1934, c. 1900 Meiji 33, Osaka, Japan. Onion-shaped vase on a low ring foot with a long, slender neck bulging at the spout. Decorated with a freely composed kachoga flowers-and-birds motif: a small, delicately hatched black-and-gold ornament on the lower belly; a golden-leafed wisteria vine with white blooms entwining the neck and growing from the 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., An off-white ceramic vase with a long narrow neck and bulbous base sits against a gray background; the vase is decorated with painted floral and botanical motifs in gold, brown, green, red, muted purple, and black, including a twisting brown vine, clusters of leaves and flowers, and a rocky formation near the base, with subtle crackle texture on the glaze and a thin pale gold band around the foot.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A25_018

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Rights managed

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63.2Mb (1.1Mb) / 12.3in x 20.0in / 3683 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Vase Yabu Meizan 1853–1934 c 1900 Meiji 33 Osaka Japan Onion-shaped vase low ring foot long slender neck bulging spout Decorated freely composed kachoga 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 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 off-white ceramic vase long narrow neck bulbous base sits gray background vase decorated painted floral botanical motifs brown green red muted purple black twisting brown vine clusters leaves flowers rocky formation near base subtle crackle texture glaze thin pale band foot.