bottle with design of red and cream colored peonies, and a Chinese lion

Bottle with peonies and Chinese lion, c. 1660s

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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.

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Title
Bottle with peonies and Chinese lion
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2015.79.295
Catalogue Raisonne
Murase, Art through a Lifetime, no. 610
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bottle with design of red and cream colored peonies, and a Chinese lion