Caption

Vase with two taotie masks;, gift; Chinese art; Chinese; Qing 1644–1911; vases; dragons iconography; taotie iconography; full sculpture and bas-relief; 18th–19th century; China; vessel; height 15.2 cm, width 8.8 cm, depth 3.3 cm., A pale, translucent carved object resembling a vessel stands upright on a smooth surface against a gradient dark gray to light gray background; the object is an off-white or creamy color with subtle carved patterns and a flared lip at the top, with a handle-like projection on one side and a slightly flared base, and the surface shows faint carved motifs and smooth rounded contours.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A20_385

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (300.4Kb) / 15.0in x 20.0in / 4500 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Vase two taotie masks gift Chinese art Chinese Qing 1644–1911 vases dragons iconography taotie iconography full sculpture bas-relief 18th–19th century China vessel height 15.2 cm width 8.8 cm depth 3.3 cm pale translucent carved object resembling vessel stands upright smooth surface gradient dark gray light gray background object off-white creamy color subtle patterns flared lip top handle- projection side slightly flared base surface faint motifs smooth rounded contours.