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A large bulbous dark-brown ceramic vessel with a short narrow neck sits on a black-legged table or bench, rendered in silhouette against a burnt-orange background with visible vertical woodgrain texture. The composition is simple and geometric, dominated by the rounded form of the vessel and the flat horizontal band of the tabletop beneath it. The palette is limited to black, dark brown, and burnt orange, giving the still life a quiet, subdued mood. Signed in pencil at the lower left. *Bizen*, Saito Kiyoshi, 1966, Japanese woodblock print.