Bracquemond was a pioneering French etcher who became deeply fascinated by Japanese decorative arts and helped introduce Japonisme to Western printmaking circles. His meticulous etchings documenting ornamental and ceramic motifs share the same scholarly yet aesthetically refined approach seen in this piece.

Rivière created precise and beautifully composed prints that blended Japanese aesthetic sensibilities with French printmaking traditions, often focusing on ornamental and cultural subjects rendered in meticulous black and white. His detailed treatment of Eastern influenced imagery parallels the careful documentary elegance of this ceramic study etching.