Caption

Vase, cloisonné enamel, ovoid vase one of a pair, slender, on a low ring-shaped foot and with a narrow neck, flaring at the rim. The foot and mouth are framed with sheet metal. Decorated with a motif of a blooming iris bush, captured with naturalistic fidelity and attention to a variety of color tones. Executed using the yusen technique, the motif is placed against a uniform sea-green background. Around the foot and the rim there are narrow, colorful borders, also made using the yusen technique, composed of small triangular forms called cicada wings. Ca. 1900 Meiji period, 1868–1912, Japan, Nagoya. Vessel; height 25 cm, width 9.7 cm, depth 8.8 cm., A tall vase with a narrow neck and flared rim sits against a neutral background; the vase is predominantly teal and has painted floral motifs featuring a few long green leaves and several flowers with white and pale purple petals, with hints of yellow and darker purple in some petals; the rim and base have metallic brown edges and a decorative band with small repeating shapes in red, blue, white, and gold.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A25_187

License type

Rights managed

Available size

49.1Mb (849.0Kb) / 9.5in x 20.0in / 2862 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Vase cloisonné enamel ovoid vase pair slender low ring-shaped foot narrow neck flaring rim foot mouth framed sheet metal Decorated motif blooming iris bush captured naturalistic fidelity attention variety color tones Executed using yusen technique placed uniform sea-green background narrow colorful borders also using composed small triangular forms called cicada wings Ca 1900 Meiji period 1868–1912 Japan Nagoya Vessel height 25 cm width 9.7 cm depth 8.8 cm tall vase flared sits neutral background vase predominantly teal painted floral motifs featuring long green leaves several flowers white pale purple petals hints yellow darker purple petals base metallic brown edges decorative band small repeating shapes red blue gold.