Caption

Vase, Chinese, 19th century. Colored porcelain vessel, height 61 cm, diameter 19.6 cm. Slightly tapering toward the bottom with a thick neck slightly flared upward and two small handles shaped like a plum blossom branch. Decoration: elaborate battle scene of warriors on foot and on horseback on the body; a dignitary surrounded by her entourage on the neck; figurative scenes, plant ornaments, horses, warriors, landscapes; decorative vessel., A tall ceramic vase with a flared neck and rounded shoulders stands against a dark background, decorated in a palette of green, white, pink, red, brown, yellow, and black; the surface shows a crackled white glaze with painted scenes of robed figures and stylized foliage wrapping around the body, including several groups of people in green and pink garments, a few birds, and a group of rounded mountain-like shapes in green and brown; decorative bands with scrolling patterns in green and brown appear near the rim and base, and there is a small applied dark-colored element on the neck with touches of yellow.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A21_398

License type

Rights managed

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81.2Mb (2.6Mb) / 15.8in x 20.0in / 4733 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Vase Chinese 19th century Colored porcelain vessel height 61 cm diameter 19.6 cm Slightly tapering bottom thick neck slightly flared upward two small handles shaped plum blossom branch Decoration elaborate battle scene warriors foot horseback body dignitary surrounded entourage neck figurative scenes plant ornaments horses landscapes decorative vessel tall ceramic vase flared neck rounded shoulders stands dark background decorated palette green white pink red brown yellow black surface crackled white glaze painted scenes robed figures stylized foliage wrapping several groups people pink garments birds group rounded mountain- shapes decorative bands scrolling patterns near rim base small applied dark-colored element touches yellow.