Caption

Vase tsubo, Japanese, ca. 1720–1740, Arita, Japan. Colored porcelain Imari, decorated with phoenixes, flowers, pine trees, plant and geometric ornaments. Vessel, height 28.5 cm., A rounded porcelain vase with a short neck sits against a plain gray background, decorated in a palette of red, blue, green, and cream with touches of brown and purple. The upper neck band features a red and blue patterned border with floral and scroll motifs, while the main body displays a large central bird with flowing red feathers surrounded by stylized flowers and leaves in green, purple, and blue. Heart-shaped cartouches and geometric panels in blue and red frame floral sprays and cloud-like forms, and the lower rim has a narrow decorative band in red. The glaze is glossy and the vase shows fine painted detailing throughout.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A28_268

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Rights managed

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77.8Mb (1.2Mb) / 15.1in x 20.0in / 4530 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Vase tsubo Japanese ca 1720–1740 Arita Japan Colored porcelain Imari decorated phoenixes flowers pine trees plant geometric ornaments Vessel height 28.5 cm rounded vase short neck sits plain gray background palette red blue green cream touches brown purple upper neck band features patterned border floral scroll motifs main body displays large central bird flowing feathers surrounded stylized flowers leaves Heart-shaped cartouches geometric panels red frame floral sprays cloud- forms lower rim narrow decorative band glaze glossy fine painted detailing .