Caption

Bottle, porcelain with painted bamboos, pines, plums and sake motif Three Friends of Winter, Imari style, ca. 1700–1730, Arita, Japan; height 22.3 cm, diameter 12.2 cm., An off-white ceramic vase with a long narrow neck and a rounded body decorated with hand-painted floral and botanical motifs in blue, red-orange, green, and yellow, featuring stylized leaves and branches, a band of floral ornament near the neck, and a pattern of pointed leaf shapes near the base; the surface shows fine crackle in the glaze and the background appears a pale gray-beige.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A26_363

License type

Rights managed

Available size

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

Keywords

Bottle porcelain painted bamboos pines plums sake motif Three Friends Winter Imari style ca 1700–1730 Arita Japan height 22.3 cm diameter 12.2 cm off-white ceramic vase long narrow neck rounded body decorated hand-painted floral botanical motifs blue red-orange green yellow featuring stylized leaves branches band floral ornament near neck pattern pointed leaf shapes near base surface fine crackle glaze background pale gray-beige.