Caption

Flask - Snuffbox, Chinese, 18th century. A baluster-shaped flask, significantly widened at the shoulders, made of thick white porcelain white cake. Decorated with a slightly highlighted fragment of landscape and architecture and figurative scenes including images of women. Colored porcelain snuffbox vessel, height 6.9 cm, width 4.6 cm., A small white rounded porcelain vase with a narrow neck and flared lip, decorated with painted scenes in green, orange, purple, yellow, brown, and teal; the painted imagery shows a figure wearing colorful robes standing beside a fence and foliage, with large green leaves and architectural elements in the background, and the vase sits on a reflective surface that mirrors its base.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A21_259

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Rights managed

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88.3Mb (914.6Kb) / 17.1in x 20.0in / 5143 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Flask - Snuffbox Chinese 18th century baluster-shaped flask significantly widened shoulders thick white porcelain white cake Decorated slightly highlighted fragment landscape architecture figurative scenes images women Colored porcelain snuffbox vessel height 6.9 cm width 4.6 cm small white rounded porcelain vase narrow neck flared lip decorated painted scenes green orange purple yellow brown teal painted imagery figure wearing colorful robes standing beside fence foliage large green leaves architectural elements background vase sits reflective surface mirrors base.