Caption

Vase with a lid; ceramics, colored porcelain; openwork, flat perforated lid; decorated with flowers, birds, plant ornaments, meander and lotus tendril motifs; 19th century, China; vessel; height 27.0 cm, width 15.0 cm., An ornate lidded ceramic vessel with a hexagonal flared shape, decorated in bright yellow, white, pink, turquoise, green, blue, gold, and lavender. The lid has patterned panels with turquoise geometric motifs and floral designs in yellow and pink, and the body features white inset panels with painted botanical and bird scenes surrounded by raised bead-like appliqués in pink, blue, and purple. There are small molded leaf and bud decorations in green and turquoise, a twisted gold-colored handle on the front, and a stepped base banded in pink, white, and turquoise with scrolling floral ornament. The surface shows a glossy glaze and the object is set against a plain gray background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A21_278

License type

Rights managed

Available size

88.3Mb (1.5Mb) / 17.1in x 20.0in / 5143 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Vase lid ceramics colored porcelain openwork flat perforated decorated flowers birds plant ornaments meander lotus tendril motifs 19th century China vessel height 27.0 cm width 15.0 cm ornate lidded ceramic vessel hexagonal flared shape bright yellow white pink turquoise green blue gold lavender patterned panels turquoise geometric motifs floral designs yellow body features white inset panels painted botanical bird scenes surrounded raised bead- appliqués purple small molded leaf bud decorations twisted gold-colored handle front stepped base banded scrolling floral ornament surface glossy glaze object set plain gray background.