Caption

Bottle; decorated colored porcelain vessel, 18th century, China. Decorated on each side with a basket of peonies, four flower sprigs and a trail of lotus petals at the base of the belly; on the shoulders with butterflies, trellises with flower rosettes and sprigs with flowers; on the neck with four insects. Height 25.3 cm; width 10.8 cm; depth 10.8 cm. Subjects: peonies, butterflies, insects, floral decorations., A rectangular white porcelain bottle with a short cylindrical neck and a gold rim features a painted floral arrangement on its front face, showing a decorative vase filled with a group of flowers including blooms in orange, purple, yellow, and blue with green leaves and small scattered blossoms; the shoulder area has bands of patterned panels in orange, green, purple, and blue, and a small insect motif on the neck; the base edge is accented with a repeating arch pattern in green, orange, and yellow, all set against a light gray background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A23_025

License type

Rights managed

Available size

88.3Mb (1.1Mb) / 17.1in x 20.0in / 5143 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Bottle decorated colored porcelain vessel 18th century China Decorated side basket peonies four flower sprigs trail lotus petals base belly shoulders butterflies trellises flower rosettes flowers neck four insects Height 25.3 cm width 10.8 cm depth 10.8 cm Subjects insects floral decorations rectangular white porcelain bottle short cylindrical neck gold rim features painted floral arrangement front face showing decorative vase filled group blooms orange purple yellow blue green leaves small scattered blossoms shoulder area bands patterned panels green small insect motif base edge accented repeating arch pattern set light gray background.