Height 30.0 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
　This piece, which appears to be an early milky-white handled jar, is centered on a large tahoishi stone with peony branches flanking it on both sides, with a bird perched on one of the branches. The large taihu-ishi stone is extended upward because there are kiln defects on the base skin in that area, and it is clear that the taihu-ishi stone was painted in that area to conceal the kiln. The design is a precursor of the Kakiemon style, which was completed later, and the coloring of the flowers is an old-fashioned red and blue. The depiction is crude, yet certain, and is one of the best among the works that are assumed to be early Kakiemon color paintings.
