Caption

Bottle, porcelain with bamboo, pine, and plum decorations Three Friends of Winter, Imari-style sake bottle, ca. 1700–1730, Arita, Japan; height 22.3 cm, diameter 12.2 cm., A porcelain bottle-shaped vase with a long narrow neck and bulbous body, predominantly white with visible crackle in the glaze, decorated with blue, orange, red, green, gold, and brown painted floral and branch motifs, including stylized blossoms and leaves around the shoulder and body, a band of blue near the base and a patterned border of leaf-like shapes in red above the foot, and additional blue brushwork forming branches and accents around the surface against a neutral gray background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A26_361

License type

Rights managed

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58.6Mb (841.8Kb) / 11.4in x 20.0in / 3414 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Bottle porcelain bamboo pine plum decorations Three Friends Winter Imari-style sake bottle ca 1700–1730 Arita Japan height 22.3 cm diameter 12.2 cm porcelain bottle-shaped vase long narrow neck bulbous body predominantly white visible crackle glaze decorated blue orange red green gold brown painted floral branch motifs stylized blossoms leaves shoulder body band blue near base patterned border leaf- shapes foot additional blue brushwork forming branches accents surface neutral gray background.