Caption

Vase, Japanese, Meiji 1868–1912, ca. 1900. Cloisonné enamel vessel decorated with birds, dragons, and phoenixes. Japan. Height 19.3 cm; width 8.9 cm., A tall, narrow-necked vase with a bulbous base sits against a plain gray background; the vase features a dark top section and neck with a textured black pattern, a band of decorative cream, blue, green, and red motifs on the neck, and a wider lower body decorated with intricate patterned panels in red, blue, green, cream, gold, and black, including floral and stylized bird-like designs, geometric borders, and scalloped medallions, with a small stepped foot rim in gold and brown and a faint reflection of the vase visible below.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A25_351

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (1.0Mb) / 15.0in x 20.0in / 4500 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Vase Japanese Meiji 1868–1912 ca 1900 Cloisonné enamel vessel decorated birds dragons phoenixes Japan Height 19.3 cm width 8.9 cm tall narrow-necked vase bulbous base sits plain gray background vase features dark top section neck textured black pattern band decorative cream blue green red motifs wider lower body decorated intricate patterned panels red cream gold black floral stylized bird- designs geometric borders scalloped medallions small stepped foot rim brown faint reflection vase visible .