Caption

Bottle, porcelain, Arita, Japan, ca. 1700–1730; height 22.3 cm, diameter 12.2 cm. Decoration: Imari palette with bamboos, pines, plums Three Friends of Winter, sake motif; subject and plant ornament; Japanese ceramics., A rounded porcelain bottle with a long narrow neck sits against a neutral gray background; the bottle is primarily white with visible fine crackle in the glaze and decorated with hand-painted floral and botanical motifs in blue, orange, green, gold, and red; the shoulder and neck feature stylized floral bands in deep blue and orange with green leaves, while the body shows branches with blossoms in orange and red, leaves in green and gold highlights, and a blue horizontal band near the base; the foot has repeated leaf-like patterns in red and thin blue decorative bands.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A26_362

License type

Rights managed

Available size

58.6Mb (1.2Mb) / 11.4in x 20.0in / 3414 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Bottle porcelain Arita Japan ca 1700–1730 height 22.3 cm diameter 12.2 cm Decoration Imari palette bamboos pines plums Three Friends Winter sake motif subject plant ornament Japanese ceramics rounded porcelain bottle long narrow neck sits neutral gray background bottle primarily white visible fine crackle glaze decorated hand-painted floral botanical motifs blue orange green gold red shoulder neck feature stylized floral bands deep blue green leaves body branches blossoms leaves gold highlights blue horizontal band near base foot repeated leaf- patterns thin blue decorative bands.