Bottle with peonies and Chinese lion, c. 1660s
Unknown Japaneseexpand_more
Hizen ware, Ko-Imari style; porcelain with overglaze enamelsexpand_more
Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundationexpand_more 2015.79.295
Not on Viewexpand_more
This elegant, pear-shaped bottle features an auspicious combination of Chinese motifs— lush peonies and mythological lion-dogs—executed in red, blue, yellow, green, and black overglaze enamels. The technique of decorating porcelains by painting designs in multi-colored enamels over glazed, high-fired works was mastered in Japan only in the 1640s. Although also extremely popular within the country, many of these wares were intended for export to Southeast Asia and Europe.
Details
- Title
- Bottle with peonies and Chinese lion
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2015.79.295
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Murase, Art through a Lifetime, no. 610
- Curator Approved
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