Caption

Vase with a lid; ceramics; colored porcelain; openwork; flat perforated lid; Chinese; 19th century ; height 27.0 cm, width 15.0 cm; decorated with flowers, birds, meander ornament, plant ornaments, lotus tendril ornament; vessel., A decorative hexagonal ceramic vessel with a flared rim standing on a matching base, predominantly yellow with areas of white, pink, green, blue, purple, gold, brown, and black. The central white panels on the sides show painted botanical motifs including flowers, leaves, a tree trunk, and a bird with dark and greenish plumage. The yellow background around the panels is covered with raised bead-like dots in pink, purple, blue, and green, and small raised leaf-shaped decorations in green and blue. The vessel has gilded handles on the sides with a twisted rope-like appearance in gold. The base features a pale pink band and a decorative border with scrolling motifs in green and pink on a white ground. The interior rim shows a worn brownish edge and the interior surface is white. The overall surface is glossy and reflective.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A21_280

License type

Rights managed

Available size

88.3Mb (1.3Mb) / 17.1in x 20.0in / 5143 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Vase lid ceramics colored porcelain openwork flat perforated Chinese 19th century height 27.0 cm width 15.0 cm decorated flowers birds meander ornament plant ornaments lotus tendril ornament vessel decorative hexagonal ceramic vessel flared rim standing matching base predominantly yellow areas white pink green blue purple gold brown black central white panels sides painted botanical motifs leaves tree trunk bird dark greenish plumage yellow background panels covered raised bead- dots small raised leaf-shaped decorations gilded handles twisted rope- appearance base features pale band decorative border scrolling motifs white ground interior rim worn brownish edge interior surface surface glossy reflective.