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Sometsuke Chimon Sansui Takarazukushi-Hori Tsubo (染付地文山水宝尽彫壷)
This is the Arita ware crafted by NAKAO, Ryuzumi (中尾龍純).
Chimon means that it's filled with the patterns like shippo cloisonne koshi lattice and others.
NAKAO engraved the traditional treasure design called takara-mon.
Sansui is the painting using Chinese ink and the subject is nature such as mountanis, rivers, valleys and others.
Height : 28.5 cm
Diameter : 27 cm
He pursues the beauty of sometsuke. That’s pretty impressive to paint the entire surface of the vessel with auspicious patterns.