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Vase, gift, Paderewski, Ignacy Jan 1860-1941, Chinese, Qing 1644–1911, ceramics, colored porcelain, landscape motifs, architectural motifs, plant motifs, Bangping vase from the green family, cylindrical with a shortened neck on a wide, flat ring foot, decorated with the text by Wang Bo entitled Prologue to the poem on the pavilion of Prince Teng and a landscape composition depicting the pavilion and its surroundings, 19th century, China, vessel, height 40.4 cm, diameter 17.8 cm, weight 2.7 kg, A tall cylindrical ceramic vase sits against a smooth gray background, predominantly white with painted scenes in green, red, black, and a touch of yellow; the neck has a decorative green scroll band and a red border, the shoulder shows a green patterned band with small framed motifs, and the body features a painted waterscape with a multi-tiered pavilion with red roofs and green accents, a boat with a green sail and small cabin, distant tree-covered hills, and a few circular sun-like shapes in red and yellow, all rendered with fine black outlines and green detailing with additional small areas of muted brown and pale blue.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A20_336

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Keywords

Vase gift Paderewski Ignacy Jan 1860-1941 Chinese Qing 1644–1911 ceramics colored porcelain landscape motifs architectural motifs plant motifs Bangping vase green family cylindrical shortened neck wide flat ring foot decorated text Wang Bo entitled Prologue poem pavilion Prince Teng landscape composition depicting surroundings 19th century China vessel height 40.4 cm diameter 17.8 cm weight 2.7 kg tall cylindrical ceramic vase sits smooth gray background predominantly white painted scenes green red black touch yellow neck decorative green scroll band red border shoulder patterned band small framed motifs body features painted waterscape multi-tiered pavilion red roofs green accents boat green sail small cabin distant tree-covered hills circular sun- shapes rendered fine black outlines green detailing additional small areas muted brown pale blue.