EditorialBorder with Cloud and Peony Motifs Strip bobbin lace with an oval cartouche with a tree flanked by little angels and birds, Strip natural Dutch bobbin lace. The pattern consists of a symmetrical composition of an oval cartouche between two peonies. In ...
EditorialPear-shaped bottle vase with flowering plants, Bottle-shaped porcelain vase with a pear-shaped body and spreading neck, painted in underglaze blue. Blooming plants, the four season flowers, are depicted on the belly: peony (spring), lotus (summer), chr...
EditorialEuropean peony, Paeonia officinalis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F. Guimpel from Dr. Friedrich Gottlob Hayne's Medical Botany, Berlin, 1822. Hayne (1763-1832) was a German botanist, apothecary and professor of pharmaceutical botany at Berlin ...
EditorialVase with pheasants and horses in landscapes, Porcelain vase with an upward-running body, round shoulder and a narrow, spreading neck with a raised edge, painted in underglaze blue. The belly is divided into two parts. The upper part with two pheasants...
EditorialTree Peony: Chozan of Chojiya (Chojiya uchi Chozan, Kao), from the series "Parodies of Floating-world Beauties as Flowers (Ukiyo bijin hana mitate)". Suzuki Harunobu ?? ??; Japanese, 1725 (?)-1770. Date: 1764-1774. Dimensions: 27.5 x 20.2 cm (10 3/4 x ...
EditorialBowl with Boys Playing amid Peony Flowers. China. Date: 1115-1199. Dimensions: H. 6.2 cm (2 7/16 in.); diam. 21.2 cm (8 3/8 in.). Ding ware; porcelain with underglaze mold-impressed decoration; metal rim. Origin: China.
EditorialThe Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Sukeroku in the Joruri "Sukeroku Kuruwa no Natori-gusa" (Sukeroku: Peony of the Pleasure Quarters), from the Last Act of Part Two of the Play Nanakusa Yosooi Soga (The Seven Guises of Soga), Performed at the Nakamura The...
EditorialShallow Dish with Peony Scrolls, Chrysanthemum Spray, and Key-Fret Border; Lotus Petal under RimShallow Dish with Peony Scrolls, Chrysanthemum Spray, and Key-Fret Border; Lotus Petal under RimShallow Dish with Peony Scrolls, Chrysanthemum Spray, and Ke...
EditorialBowl with Peony and Scrolling Peony Stems. China. Date: 1716-1722. Dimensions: H. 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.); diam. 12.5 cm (4 15/16 in.). Porcelain painted in overglaze famille rose enamels. Origin: China.
EditorialBowl with Fruiting Peaches, Tree Peony, Flowering Plum and Bats. China. Date: 1723-1735. Dimensions: H. 6.6 cm (2 5/8 in.); diam. 14.5 cm (5 11/16 in.). Porcelain painted in overglaze famille rose enamels. Origin: China.
EditorialBowl with Fruiting Peaches, Tree Peony, Flowering Plum, and Bats. China. Date: 1723-1735. Dimensions: H. 6.5 cm (2 9/16 in.); diam. 14.3 cm (5 5/8 in.). Porcelain painted in overglaze famille rose enamels. Origin: China.
EditorialDish with Peony and Lotus Flowers. China. Date: 1723-1735. Dimensions: H. 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in.); diam. 21.1 cm (8 5/16 in.). Porcelain with underglaze blue and overglaze yellow enamel decoration. Origin: China.
EditorialDish with Fruiting Peaches, Tree Peony, Flowering Plum, and Bats. China. Date: 1723-1735. Dimensions: H. 4.1 cm (1 5/8 in.); diam. 21.1 cm (8 5/16 in.). Porcelain painted in overglaze famille rose enamels. Origin: China.
EditorialDish with Floral Bouquet Tied with a Riboon Encircled by Chrysanthemum and Peony Scrolls. China. Date: 1723-1735. Dimensions: H. 4.7 cm (1 7/8 in.); diam. 21.3 cm (8 3/8 in.). Porcelain painted in underglaze blue and overglaze yellow enamel. Origin: Ch...
EditorialSmall Bowl with Peony Flowers. Korea. Date: 1000-1035. Dimensions: H. 5.3 cm (2 1/16 in.); diam. 8.3 cm (3 1/4 in.). Celadon-glazed stoneware with underglaze incised decoration. Origin: Korea.
EditorialCovered Oil Bottle with Peony Sprays. Korean. Date: 1100-1199. Dimensions: H. 6.3 cm (2 1/2 in.); diam. 5.4 cm (2 1/8 in.). Stoneware with underglaze incised decoration. Origin: Korean Peninsula.