Zilveren rijstwijnpotje en porseleinen pot

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verzamelaarsmerk, verso, gestempeld: Lugt 2228

Art Historical Context

**Zilveren rijstwijnpotje en porseleinen pot** (Silver Sake Bottle and Porcelain), a delicate color woodcut by Teisai Hokuba from the 1820s, captures the quiet elegance of everyday Japanese luxury. Hokuba, a talented pupil of the legendary Katsushika Hokusai, was a master of ukiyo-e—the "pictures of the floating world" tradition that celebrated fleeting pleasures through vibrant woodblock prints. This intimate still life, measuring just 198 × 182 mm, showcases two refined vessels: a gleaming silver sake bottle and a porcelain pot, rendered with exquisite attention to texture and light. Create...

About the Artist

Teisai Hokuba · 1771–1844

Teisai Hokuba (1771–1844) was a Japanese artist of the Edo period who worked in the tradition of ukiyo-e, the celebrated school of woodblock prints and paintings that depicted the floating world of urban pleasure, theater, landscape, and daily life. A devoted pupil of Katsushika Hokusai — one of the towering figures in the history of Japanese art — Hokuba adopted the prefix of his master's name as...