Covered Bowl with Seven Treasures

About this artwork

The box lid for this large covered bowl by Yohei II identifies it as in the style of Ninsei, a reference to Nonomura Ninsei. Overglaze enamels in red, green, and white sit within lattices of jewel-shaped gold forms scattered across the lid and base in a design known as the seven treasures. At the center of the lid is a knob in the shape of a peach with a stem and leaves. A prominent feature of the piece is the appearance of warm pink dots known as gohon. Here creamy at their center and with a gr...