Bottle with flowers of the four seasons
Unknown
ca. 1710 · Hard-paste porcelain painted with colored enamels over transparent glaze (Hizen ware; Imari type) · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Although the square shape of the bottle replicates a Dutch glass vessel used for holding wine or spirits, the decoration of the flowers of the four seasons—including chrysanthemums symbolic of spring, and peonies for summer—is based on Chinese and Japanese traditions.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 1710
- Medium
- Hard-paste porcelain painted with colored enamels over transparent glaze (Hizen ware; Imari type)
- Culture
- Japanese, for European, probably Dutch, market
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- The Hans Syz Collection, Gift of Stephan B. Syz and John D. Syz, 1995
