Caption

Bottle, Chinese, 18th century, porcelain vessel, decorated on each side with a basket of peonies, four flower sprigs and at the base of the belly a trail of lotus petals; on the shoulders with butterflies, trellises with flower rosettes and sprigs with flowers; on the neck four insects. Height 25.3 cm; width 10.8 cm; depth 10.8 cm. Materials: colored porcelain. Themes: peonies, butterflies, floral decorations, insects., A tall, rectangular porcelain container with a small round neck and rim sits against a plain gray background; the surface is predominantly white with painted floral decorations in green, orange, pink, blue, purple, yellow, and gold accents; one visible face shows a decorative vase motif filled with stylized flowers and leaves, with additional small floral sprigs above and below, and a patterned border along the base in soft green, yellow, and orange; the top panels display geometric and floral bands in similar colors, and the neck has a small floral motif and a gold-colored rim.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A23_023

License type

Rights managed

Available size

88.3Mb (1.8Mb) / 17.1in x 20.0in / 5143 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Bottle Chinese 18th century porcelain vessel decorated side basket peonies four flower sprigs base belly trail lotus petals shoulders butterflies trellises flower rosettes flowers neck four insects Height 25.3 cm width 10.8 cm depth 10.8 cm Materials colored porcelain Themes floral decorations insects tall rectangular porcelain container small round neck rim sits plain gray background surface predominantly white painted floral decorations green orange pink blue purple yellow gold accents visible face decorative vase motif filled stylized flowers leaves additional small floral sprigs patterned border soft green top panels display geometric floral bands colors neck small floral motif gold-colored rim.