Worlds in Flux

Suzuki Kiitsu (1796-1858)
鈴木其一

“Flowers for the Emperor”
供花図

Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
105.1 x 40.7 cm. (41 3/8 x 16 in.)

Inscription:
“Painted by Hitsuan Kiitsu.”

Artist’s seal:
Kaikai

Published:
Yamane Yūzō: Rimpa Kaiga Zenshū, Hōitsu-ha, Nihon Keizai Shinbunsha, Tokyo, 1978, pl. 201;
Kubosō Museum: Gyōji-e—Shiki no Irodori, (“Special Events of the Year Associated with the Four Seasons”), Osaka, 2002.

Suzuki Shuitsu (1823-1889)
鈴木守一

“Morning Glories, after Hōitsu”
倣 抱一あさざけ図

Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
131.8 x 53.8 cm. (51 7/8 x 21 1/4 in.)

Inscriptions:
On painting: “Hōitsu;”
On painted “mounting”: “Seisei Shuitsu.”

Artist’s seals:
Hōitsu; Seisei Shuitsu

Bairei [Kōno Naotoyo] (1844-95)
楳嶺 [幸野直豊]

“Snipe in River beneath Autumn Grasses in Moonlight” 1894
月下秋草河鴫図

Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
143.0 x 65.0 cm. (56 1/4 x 25 5/8 in.)

Inscription:
“Bairei Hō.”

Artist’s seals:
Konō Naotoyo; Bairei

Box inscription by Bairei:
“During the twelfth month of the year 1894 during the Meiji era, painted on the bank of the Sanju River at Seika-zenshitsu by Omu-inshi.”

Fukada Chokujō, et.al. (19th century)

深田直城

“Various Subjects”
各种主题

Album of 14 leaves, ink and color on silk
Each 25.4 x 27.0 cm. (10 x 10 5/8 in.)

(Leaf 13 shown on left: entire album shown below)

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Yue-Ware Hunping “Spirit Jar”

越窯青瓷魂瓶

Height: 42.2 cm. (16 1/2 in.)
Diameter: 28.0 cm. (11 in.)

Late Western Jin dynasty
Early 4th century A.D.

Recent provenance: a Japanese collection

Yue-Ware Celadon Jar with Appliqué Design
越窯貼紋青瓷盂

Height: 10.8 cm. (4 1/4 in.)
Diameter: 12.1 cm. (4 3/4 in.)

Western Jin-Eastern Jin dynasty
Late 3rd-4th century A.D.

Yue-Ware Black-Glazed Chicken-Headed Ewer
越窯黑釉瓷雞首執壺

Height: 15.2 cm. (6 in.)
Width: 15.4 cm. (6 1/8 in.)

Eastern Jin dynasty
4th century A.D.

Published:
Chūgoku no Tōji, “Special Exhibition: Chinese Ceramics,” Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo, 1994, no. 54, p. 45.

Yue-Ware Celadon Cylindrical Jar

越窯青瓷圜柱形盂

Height: 23.0 cm. (9 in.)
Diameter: 19 cm. (7 1/2 in.)

Western Jin dynasty
Late 3rd-early 4th century A.D.