Caption

Vase, Japanese, Meiji 1868–1912, ceramics, vessel, vases, cranes iconography, 19th/20th century, Japan; height 9 cm, diameter 3.5 cm., The image shows a small sculpted bird-like object resting on a reflective surface against a muted gray background. The object has a predominantly white body with textured feather-like details and a curved beak-like structure that forms a loop; the interior of the loop appears dark, almost black. There are areas of yellow on the upper beak and near the head, a pinkish-red patch on the crown, and mottled brown and black discoloration along parts of the beak and body. The far end of the object has darker markings in black and brown, and the reflection of the object is visible on the surface below.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A30_052

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.3Mb (852.3Kb) / 20.0in x 15.0in / 6000 x 4501 (300dpi)

Keywords

Vase Japanese Meiji 1868–1912 ceramics vessel vases cranes iconography 19th 20th century Japan height 9 cm diameter 3.5 cm image small sculpted bird- object resting reflective surface muted gray background object predominantly white body textured feather- details curved beak- structure forms loop interior dark almost black areas yellow upper beak near head pinkish-red patch crown mottled brown black discoloration parts beak body far darker markings black brown reflection visible surface .