Sujet
Large Jar with Peonies and Chrysanthemums, late 17th century. Creator: Unknown.
Légende
Large Jar with Peonies and Chrysanthemums, late 17th century. Japan took China?s place as Europe?s main source for export porcelain around the middle of the 17th century because the transition from the Ming to the Qing dynasty in China disrupted trade. The Dutch East India Company began to buy Japanese porcelain in 1650 and exported approximately 50,000 Japanese porcelains in 1659. Such large jars demonstrate how artists took the birds and flowers motifs found in paintings and applied them to the blue and white porcelain called sometsuke . The Japanese transformed typical Chinese Jingdezhen blue and white porcelain into a spacious composition. This design shows the changing of the seasons. One side depicts a peony blossom in the spring, and the other side continues with chrysanthemums and an orchid in the autumn.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM19F90_311
Model release
NA
Property release
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Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
63,0Mo (4,4Mo) / 37,2cm x 42,4cm / 4397 x 5010 (300dpi)