Caption

Vase, mid-18th century Qing dynasty, 1644–1911, China. Colored porcelain decorative vessel, height 40.5 cm, diameter 40 cm. Mascarons on the shoulder; decoration: four reserves with figural representations; gilded edge., A rounded ceramic jar with a narrow neck and flared rim sits against a dark gray background on a black surface; the jar has a predominantly white base with decorative patterns in red and green, with additional accents in brown and black. The body features several framed panels bordered in red lattice and wave motifs, with floral designs in green and red in the lattice areas. One main panel shows a scene with a group of figures and surrounding landscape elements rendered in green and red on the white background. The neck and shoulder have banded geometric and scroll patterns in red, and there are small sculpted handles on the shoulder in a dark brownish color. The rim appears darker brown with some worn areas.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A22_226

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (1.4Mb) / 15.0in x 20.0in / 4500 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Vase mid-18th century Qing dynasty 1644–1911 China Colored porcelain decorative vessel height 40.5 cm diameter 40 cm Mascarons shoulder decoration four reserves figural representations gilded edge rounded ceramic jar narrow neck flared rim sits dark gray background black surface jar predominantly white base decorative patterns red green additional accents brown black body features several framed panels bordered red lattice wave motifs floral designs lattice areas main panel scene group figures surrounding landscape elements rendered white background neck banded geometric scroll patterns small sculpted handles dark brownish color rim darker brown worn areas.