Caption

Flask - Snuffbox, Chinese, 18th century. A baluster-shaped colored porcelain flask/snuffbox, significantly widened at the shoulders, with a fragmentary landscape and architectural scene and images of women in the decoration. Thick white porcelain body white cake. Height 6.9 cm, width 4.6 cm., A small ceramic vase with a rounded body and narrow neck sits against a plain light gray background, the vase decorated with a painted scene showing a seated figure wearing a dark hat and green clothing inside an architectural frame, surrounded by stylized plants and foliage in shades of green and orange, with additional decorative bands and panels in pale yellow, light purple, and green; the vase surface is glossy and reflects softly onto the surface beneath it, and the overall color palette includes white, green, orange, pale yellow, light purple, dark brown, and gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A21_257

License type

Rights managed

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88.3Mb (1.0Mb) / 17.1in x 20.0in / 5143 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Flask - Snuffbox Chinese 18th century baluster-shaped colored porcelain flask snuffbox significantly widened shoulders fragmentary landscape architectural scene images women decoration Thick white porcelain body white cake Height 6.9 cm width 4.6 cm small ceramic vase rounded body narrow neck sits plain light gray background vase decorated painted scene showing seated figure wearing dark hat green clothing inside architectural frame surrounded stylized plants foliage shades green orange additional decorative bands panels pale yellow light purple vase surface glossy reflects softly surface beneath color palette includes white dark brown gray.