Légende

Sake bottle tokkuri, Japanese, Bizen; 19th century Edo/Meiji. A bottle with a spherical belly and a narrow cylindrical neck; covered with brown glaze that in the upper belly and on the neck turns light coffee-colored and becomes spotted. Decorated on the belly with a branch of biwa Japanese medlar, fruits made with green-yellow glaze and inlaid with mother-of-pearl, leaves made using the technique of sprinkling on black lacquer. Vessel; height 18 cm, diameter 11.8 cm., A rounded ceramic vessel with a narrow neck sits against a neutral gray background, showing a textured surface in shades of brown and dark brown with speckled lighter brown areas; a metallic gold leaf-shaped ornament is applied to the body, and a few iridescent circular discs in pale pink, green, and pearly tones are attached near the upper curve, with the bottom reflecting softly on the surface below.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A22_319

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

70.8Mo (1.4Mo) / 34.9cm x 50.8cm / 4124 x 6000 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Sake bottle tokkuri Japanese Bizen 19th century Edo Meiji spherical belly narrow cylindrical neck covered brown glaze upper belly neck turns light coffee-colored becomes spotted Decorated belly branch biwa Japanese medlar fruits green-yellow glaze inlaid mother-of-pearl leaves using technique sprinkling black lacquer Vessel height 18 cm diameter 11.8 cm rounded ceramic vessel narrow neck sits neutral gray background showing textured surface shades brown dark brown speckled lighter brown areas metallic gold leaf-shaped ornament applied body iridescent circular discs pale pink green pearly tones attached near upper curve bottom reflecting softly surface .