Caption

Hand warmer, Colored porcelain, Qing dynasty Tongzhi, 1862–1874. Bulging vessel with a flat recessed lid with five holes. Decorated with floral motifs—peonies, lotuses—and peaches; longevity shou iconography. China; height 7.3 cm, diameter 11.2 cm., A small white ceramic bowl with a flared rim sits on a reflective gray surface against a gray background; the bowl is decorated with delicate floral motifs in pink, green, blue, and yellow and has repeating geometric vertical motifs in orange around its exterior, while the rim features a red decorative band and a thin gold edge, and the bowl and its colorful decorations are reflected faintly on the surface below.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A22_197

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Rights managed

Available size

89.9Mb (892.2Kb) / 20.0in x 17.5in / 6000 x 5238 (300dpi)

Keywords

Hand warmer Colored porcelain Qing dynasty Tongzhi 1862–1874 Bulging vessel flat recessed lid five holes Decorated floral motifs peonies lotuses peaches longevity shou iconography China height 7.3 cm diameter 11.2 cm small white ceramic bowl flared rim sits reflective gray surface gray background bowl decorated delicate floral motifs pink green blue yellow repeating geometric vertical motifs orange exterior rim features red decorative band thin gold edge colorful decorations reflected faintly surface .