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...
EditorialChrysanthemum and Narcissus, from the illustrated book "Picture Book: Flowers of the Four Seasons (Ehon shiki no hana)," vol. 2. Kitagawa Utamaro ??? ??; Japanese, 1753 (?)-1806. Date: 1801. Dimensions: . Color woodblock print; 2 pages from illustrated...
EditorialThe Actors Ichikawa Monnosuke II and Segawa Kikunojo III as the Lovers Seijuro (right) and Onatsu (left), in the Elopement Scene "Michiyuki Hiyoku no Kiku-cho" (An Elopemet: Chrysanthemum-and-Butterfly Lovebirds), a Dance Interlude from Part Two of the...
EditorialThe Actor Segawa Kikunojo II as Yuki Onna (the Snow Woman) in a dance interlude in scene two of the Joruri "Courtesan's Rouge on a Snow White Face (Oyama Beni Yuki no Sugao)" from the play "Cotton Wadding of Izu Protecting the Matrimonial Chrysanthemum...
EditorialThe Actors Segawa Kikunojo II as the Wet Nurse Reizei, Ichikawa Komazo I as Suruga no Hachiro in the Guise of the Shamisen Player Kichiroku (right), and Ichikawa Yaozo II as Tada no Kurando in the Guise of the Palanquin Bearer Kichinai (left), in the S...
EditorialNo. 3 - Autumn: Chrysanthemum Festival, from the series "Pleasures of the Four Seasons (Shiki no asobi)". Okumura Toshinobu; Japanese, active c. 1717-50. Date: 1725-1735. Dimensions: 6 3/8 x 13 1/2 in. Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban yoko-e, urus...
EditorialLobed Cup and Stand with Chrysanthemum Flower Heads, Floral Sprays, and Fish Amid Waves. Korean. Date: 1100-1299. Dimensions: H. 11.3 cm (4 1/2 in.); diam. (5 3/4 in.). Stoneware with underglaze inlaid decoration of black and white clays (cup): undergl...
EditorialIncense Burner with Chrysanthemum and Knobbed Scrolls. China. Date: 1000-1099. Dimensions: H. 33.3 cm (13 1/4 in.) ; diam. 26.0 cm (10 1/4 in.). Cizhou ware; stoneware, slip-coated with incised decoration on ground of impressed rings (fish roe). Origin...
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...
EditorialFashionable Beauties in a Chrysanthemum Garden (Furyu bijin kikubatake). Kikukawa Eizan; Japanese, 1787-1867. Date: 1805-1815. Dimensions: 37.6 x 26.5 cm (14 13/16 x 10 7/16 in.). Color woodblock print; right sheet of oban triptych. Origin: Japan.
EditorialChrysanthemum Festival, from the series "Elegant Five-needled Pine (Furyu goyo matsu)". Torii Kiyomitsu II (Kiyomine); Japanese, 1787-1868. Date: 1820-1825. Dimensions: 37.8 x 26.4 cm (14 7/8 x 10 3/8 in.). Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan.
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...
EditorialFluted Bowl with Chrysanthemum Flower Heads. Korea. Date: 1265-1299. Dimensions: H. 6.3 cm (2 1/2 in.); diam. 11.2 cm (4 7/16 in.). Celadon-glazed stoneware with underglaze inlaid decoration of black and white clays. Origin: Korea.
EditorialBowl with Chrysanthemum Flower Heads. Korea. Date: 1400-1499. Dimensions: H. 5.4 cm (2 1/8 in.); diam. 18.9 cm (7 7/16 in.). Celadon-glazed stoneware with underglaze inlaid decoration of white clay. Origin: Korea.
EditorialOil Bottle with Chrysanthemum Flower Heads. Korea. Date: 1165-1299. Dimensions: H. 4.0 cm (1 9/16 in.); diam. 7.6 cm (3 in.). Celadon-glazed stoneware with underglaze inlaid decoration of black and white clays. Origin: Korea.
EditorialVase with Chrysanthemum Flower Heads. Korea. Date: 1235-1265. Dimensions: H. 8.1 cm (3 3/16 in.); diam. 6.3 cm (2 1/2 in.). Celadon-glazed stoneware with underglaze inlaid decoration of black and white clays. Origin: Korea.
EditorialCovered Cosmetic Box with Chrysanthemum Flower Heads. Korean. Date: 1200-1299. Dimensions: H. 3.7 cm (1 1/2 in.); diam. 10.3 cm (4 1/16 in.). Stoneware with underglaze inlaid decoration of black and white clays. Origin: South Asia.
EditorialBowl with Cranes and Chrysanthemum Flower Heads. Korea. Date: 1365-1399. Dimensions: H. 6.7 cm (2 5/8 in.); diam. 17.7 cm (7 in.). Celadon-glazed stoneware with underglaze inlaid decoration of black and white clays. Origin: Korea.
EditorialCovered Cosmetic Box in the Form of Chrysanthemum Flower. Korea. Date: 1265-1299. Dimensions: H. 4.8 cm (1 7/8 in.); diam. 9.3 cm (3 11/16 in.). Celadon-glazed stoneware with underglaze molded and inlaid decoration of white clay. Origin: Korea.
EditorialCovered Cosmetic Box with Chrysanthemum Flower Heads. Korea. Date: 1235-1265. Dimensions: H. 3.5 cm (1 3/8 in.); diam. 9.6 cm (3 3/4 in.). Celadon-glazed stoneware with underglaze inlaid decoration of black and white clays. Origin: Korea.
EditorialOil Bottle with Chrysanthemum Sprays. Korea. Date: 1201-1300. Dimensions: Diam. 3 1/2 in. Stoneware with celadon glaze and underglaze inlaic decoration of black and white clay. Origin: Korea.
EditorialDish with Peony Scrolls and Chrysanthemum Spray, and Lotus Panels on Reverse. China. Date: 1368-1398. Dimensions: H. 2.4 cm (15/16 in.); diam. 19.6 cm (7 3/4 in.). Porcelain painted in underglaze blue. Origin: China.