Caption

Lidded box, Chinese, colored porcelain decorated with pomegranates, chrysanthemums and peonies—floral ornaments; ceramic vessel used for writing instruments; Qing dynasty mid-19th century, 1644–1911; height 3.2 cm, diameter 7.9 cm., A round white ceramic object with a recessed base is shown flat against a gray background, decorated near the rim with painted flowers and trailing stems in colors including red, pink, green, turquoise, and pale yellow, with fine brown outline lines; the central recessed area shows a few small brown specks and the rim of the recess has a slightly rough, beige-tinged edge; the surface reflects softly onto the gray background creating a muted mirror image.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A23_297

License type

Rights managed

Available size

67.2Mb (721.7Kb) / 16.2in x 16.2in / 4846 x 4846 (300dpi)

Keywords

Lidded box Chinese colored porcelain decorated pomegranates chrysanthemums peonies floral ornaments ceramic vessel writing instruments Qing dynasty mid-19th century 1644–1911 height 3.2 cm diameter 7.9 cm round white ceramic object recessed base shown flat gray background decorated near rim painted flowers trailing stems colors red pink green turquoise pale yellow fine brown outline lines central recessed area small specks recess slightly rough beige-tinged edge surface reflects softly gray background creating muted mirror image.