Caption

Cosmetic vessel, hand-made vessel head made of yellowish clay, hand-formed. Reddish glaze with gray and blackish streaks, with cracklework. Rusty vessel with dark and light streaks. Probably missing lid. 19th century, Japan. Vessel, height 3 cm, diameter 6 cm. Materials/technique: glazed ceramics, cracklework. Classification: Japanese ceramics., A small rounded object with a central hole sits on a smooth reflective surface, showing a soft reflection beneath it; the object has a glossy finish with a mottled pattern in shades of reddish-brown and muted orange, with patches of pale gray and subtle greenish-beige, and the surrounding background and surface are a uniform light gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A27_498

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Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (606.9Kb) / 20.0in x 15.0in / 6000 x 4500 (300dpi)

Keywords

Cosmetic vessel hand- vessel head yellowish clay hand-formed Reddish glaze gray blackish streaks cracklework Rusty vessel dark light streaks missing lid 19th century Japan Vessel height 3 cm diameter 6 cm Materials technique glazed ceramics Classification Japanese ceramics small rounded object central hole sits smooth reflective surface showing soft reflection beneath glossy finish mottled pattern shades reddish-brown muted orange patches pale gray subtle greenish-beige surrounding background surface uniform light gray.