Caption

Kendi vessel, Artemisia, bottles, ceramics, floral pattern, Chinese art, Qing style, colored porcelain, Chinese culture, kendi, reclaimed provenance, Qing 1644–1911. Bulbous bottle with a long neck and a flared spout; the second spout is bell-shaped on the collar. Border features flowers against a spiderweb background, and artemisia leaves on the neck. 18th century, China. Vessel; height 23.7 cm, diameter 16 cm., A glossy deep blue ceramic vase with a rounded body and a long narrow neck, showing a small rounded protrusion on the shoulder; the vase surface has faint decorative patterns and subtle crackle-like lines, and the rim flares outward with a pale top edge featuring a patterned band in reddish-brown and white; the base shows a thin unglazed band in an off-white color, and the background is a flat light gray.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A21_487

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Rights managed

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77.2Mb (1.1Mb) / 15.0in x 20.0in / 4500 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Kendi vessel Artemisia bottles ceramics floral pattern Chinese art Qing style colored porcelain Chinese culture kendi reclaimed provenance Qing 1644–1911 Bulbous bottle long neck flared spout second spout bell-shaped collar Border features flowers spiderweb background artemisia leaves neck 18th century China Vessel height 23.7 cm diameter 16 cm glossy deep blue ceramic vase rounded body long narrow neck showing small rounded protrusion shoulder vase surface faint decorative patterns subtle crackle- lines rim flares outward pale top edge featuring patterned band reddish-brown white base thin unglazed band off-white color background flat light gray.