Caption

Flask - Snuffbox, Chinese, 18th century. A baluster-shaped flask, significantly widened at the shoulders. Decorated with a fragment of landscape and architecture. Thick white porcelain body. Figurative scenes, colored porcelain. Vessel; height 7 cm, diameter 4.7 cm., A small white porcelain vase with a rounded body and narrow neck is shown against a light gray background; the vase is decorated with painted scenes in green, red, orange, and brown, including a depiction of a person wearing green clothing seated inside an arched interior, surrounded by architectural elements and stylized plant motifs, with additional green and orange foliage and decorative bands wrapping around the body.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A21_253

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Rights managed

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88.3Mb (968.8Kb) / 17.1in x 20.0in / 5143 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Flask - Snuffbox Chinese 18th century baluster-shaped flask significantly widened shoulders Decorated fragment landscape architecture Thick white porcelain body Figurative scenes colored porcelain Vessel height 7 cm diameter 4.7 cm small white porcelain vase rounded body narrow neck shown light gray background vase decorated painted scenes green red orange brown depiction person wearing green clothing seated inside arched interior surrounded architectural elements stylized plant motifs additional green orange foliage decorative bands wrapping body.