An earthenware water jar


Kiyomizu Ware, Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, late 19th/ early 20th centuryConical with a wide, everted rim and cylindrical handles, decorated in polychrome enamels, silver, and gilt with a continuous scene of a bridge over a river with jakago (rock-filled embankment baskets) and willow trees, the clouds decorated with silver leaf, the handles painted with geometric patterns, the cover applied with a finail pierced with a lozenge designWith a wood tomobako storage box inscribed Ninsei utsuru yanagi to hashi no e mizusashi (Water jar with willow and bridge after a design by Ninsei [Nonomura Ninsei, 1648-1690]) and signed Soya 6in (15.2cm) high