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Vase, Chinese, Qing dynasty 1644–1911, 19th century. Colored porcelain 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; features landscape, architectural, and plant motifs. Height 40.4 cm; diameter 17.8 cm; weight 2.7 kg., A tall porcelain vase with a narrow neck and rounded shoulders stands against a gray background, decorated with a painted landscape scene in colors including white, green, red, brown, black, and a touch of yellow; the neck has a band of green scrolling motifs and a band of red vertical hatch marks, while the shoulder shows a patterned green and red border. The main body features a multi-tiered pagoda with curved red and brown tiled roofs, green structural elements, and pale walls, set on a stone base with steps and surrounded by stylized green hills and distant mountains; nearby is a boat with a tall green sail and a small cabin, and a circular sun-like motif in yellow and red appears in the sky. A vertical column of small painted marks appears along one side of the scene, and the base of the vase has a green ribbed band above a plain foot.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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Keywords

Vase Chinese Qing dynasty 1644–1911 19th century Colored porcelain Bangping vase green family cylindrical shortened neck wide flat ring foot Decorated text Wang Bo entitled Prologue Poem Pavilion Prince Teng landscape composition depicting pavilion surroundings features landscape architectural plant motifs Height 40.4 cm diameter 17.8 cm weight 2.7 kg tall porcelain vase narrow neck rounded shoulders stands gray background decorated painted landscape scene colors white green red brown black touch yellow neck band scrolling motifs red vertical hatch marks shoulder patterned green red border main body features multi-tiered pagoda curved red tiled roofs green structural elements pale walls set stone base steps surrounded stylized green hills distant mountains nearby boat tall green sail small cabin circular sun- motif sky vertical column small painted marks side scene base vase ribbed plain foot.