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Bowl, Deep round bowl on a high, ring-shaped foot. Decorated with underglaze cobalt painting: exterior shows a stylized composition with elaborate architecture, a human figure, mountains, and an inscription in kanji characters in four columns. Interior undecorated, with a symbol carved into the glaze at the bottom. At the base, a signature reading Chenghua nian zhi—an imitation of a Chinese Ming Dynasty Chenghua reign mark. Glaze has a bluish tint from cobalt; rim secured with a narrow brass ring. Ceramics; figurative scenes; bowls on a foot. Possibly 2nd half of the 17th century, Japan. Height 8.3 cm; diameter 17.7 cm., A small ceramic bowl with a white interior and exterior decorated in blue-painted designs, sitting on a reflective surface that mirrors the bowl's underside and blue patterns; the bowl has a thin metallic rim with a gold tone and a short foot with a slightly discolored base; visible colors include white, blue, gold, and subtle gray tones from the reflection and background; the background is a uniform muted gray.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A27_345

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

86.9Mo (673.8Ko) / 42.9cm x 50.8cm / 5065 x 6000 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Bowl Deep round bowl high ring-shaped foot Decorated underglaze cobalt painting exterior stylized composition elaborate architecture human figure mountains inscription kanji characters four columns Interior undecorated symbol carved glaze bottom base signature reading Chenghua nian zhi imitation Chinese Ming Dynasty Chenghua reign mark Glaze bluish tint cobalt rim secured narrow brass ring Ceramics figurative scenes bowls foot 2nd half 17th century Japan Height 8.3 cm diameter 17.7 cm small ceramic bowl white interior exterior decorated blue-painted designs sitting reflective surface mirrors bowl's underside blue patterns bowl thin metallic rim gold tone short foot slightly discolored visible colors include white blue gold subtle gray tones reflection background uniform muted gray.