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Gilded bronze mounted vase - lamp body, Chinese art, Chinese culture, Qing 1644–1911, decorative vessel, vase/lamp, cracklework decoration, 18th century, China, vessel, height 33 cm, A rounded ceramic vessel with a pale cream surface showing a network of fine crackle and some small darker speckles, featuring a short neck with a thin dark rim and a subtle dark band around its midsection, topped on opposite sides by a pair of small dark sculpted handles shaped like stylized animal or bird heads, and set on a decorative gilded metal base with a circular stepped collar and an openwork scrolling lattice foot in warm gold tones; visible colors include cream, dark brown or black on the handles and rim, and gold on the metal base, all shown against a neutral light gray background.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A22_313

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Keywords

Gilded bronze mounted vase - lamp body Chinese art Chinese culture Qing 1644–1911 decorative vessel vase lamp cracklework decoration 18th century China vessel height 33 cm rounded ceramic vessel pale cream surface showing network fine crackle small darker speckles featuring short neck thin dark rim subtle dark band midsection topped opposite sides pair small dark sculpted handles shaped stylized animal bird heads set decorative gilded metal base circular stepped collar openwork scrolling lattice foot warm gold tones visible colors include cream dark brown black handles rim gold metal base shown neutral light gray background.