Caption

Vase, ovoid one of a pair, slender, on a low ring-shaped foot with a narrow neck flaring at the rim; foot and mouth framed with sheet metal. Decorated with a motif of a blooming iris bush rendered naturalistically with varied color tones, executed using the yusen cloisonné enamel technique against a uniform sea-green background. Narrow colorful borders of small triangular cicada wing forms around the foot and rim. Ca. 1900 Meiji period, 1868–1912, Nagoya, Japan. Vessel. Height 25 cm; width 9.7 cm; depth 8.8 cm., A top-down view of a square-shaped teal ceramic object with rounded corners and a central circular opening rimmed in aged metallic gold; the interior of the opening is dark and worn with textured brown and gray tones. Along the lower edge of the ceramic surface is a group of painted flower petals in shades of purple, lavender, white, and hints of green. The background is a uniform medium gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A25_190

License type

Rights managed

Available size

61.9Mb (758.0Kb) / 15.1in x 15.9in / 4543 x 4762 (300dpi)

Keywords

Vase ovoid pair slender low ring-shaped foot narrow neck flaring rim foot mouth framed sheet metal Decorated motif blooming iris bush rendered naturalistically varied color tones executed using yusen cloisonné enamel technique uniform sea-green background Narrow colorful borders small triangular cicada wing forms Ca 1900 Meiji period 1868–1912 Nagoya Japan Vessel Height 25 cm width 9.7 cm depth 8.8 cm top-down view square-shaped teal ceramic object rounded corners central circular opening rimmed aged metallic gold interior opening dark worn textured brown gray tones lower edge ceramic surface group painted flower petals shades purple lavender white hints green background uniform medium gray.