- Title:
- Rectangular Bonsai Pot Floral & Bird Design
- Artist, etc:
- Unknown(China)
- Date:
- Size:
- D:31.9cm x W:52.5cm x H:18.9cm
- Number:
- B-097
This shidei clay pot features paintings of birds and flowers around its body. Each of the faces has been painted with a different design. The front features a phoenix, drawn with simple strokes reminiscent of a folk painting, which has landed onto a large Confederate rose, a white magnolia, and a taihu stone. The phoenix has been said since ancient times to be an auspicious bird that appears at the arrival of wise men of virtue.