Légende

Sake bottle tokkuri, Japanese, Bizen workshop, Edo–Meiji period 19th century. Stoneware bottle with spherical belly and narrow cylindrical neck, height 18 cm, diameter 11.8 cm. Covered with brown glaze that becomes light coffee-colored and spotted on the upper belly and neck. Decorated on the belly with a branch of biwa Japanese medlar: fruits in green-yellow glaze inlaid with mother-of-pearl and leaves made using sprinkling on black lacquer. Function: vessel for sake., A rounded ceramic vessel with a narrow neck and small opening sits upright against a neutral background; the vessel has a textured surface in various shades of brown with subtle darker and lighter brown banding, a matte finish, and visible surface irregularities; a dark gray leaf-shaped applique rests on one side, and a pale circular decorative disk with a darker center is positioned nearby; the vessel casts a soft reflection on the smooth surface beneath it, and the background appears in muted gray tones.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A22_321

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

70.8Mo (1.0Mo) / 34.9cm x 50.8cm / 4124 x 6000 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Sake bottle tokkuri Japanese Bizen workshop Edo–Meiji period 19th century Stoneware bottle spherical belly narrow cylindrical neck height 18 cm diameter 11.8 cm Covered brown glaze becomes light coffee-colored spotted upper belly neck Decorated belly branch biwa Japanese medlar fruits green-yellow glaze inlaid mother-of-pearl leaves using sprinkling black lacquer Function vessel sake rounded ceramic vessel narrow neck small opening sits upright neutral background textured surface various shades brown subtle darker lighter brown banding matte finish visible surface irregularities dark gray leaf-shaped applique rests side pale circular decorative disk darker center positioned nearby vessel casts soft reflection smooth surface beneath background muted gray tones.