Caption

Vase, Chinese, 19th century, colored porcelain; decorated with battle scenes, figural scenes, court scenes, plant ornaments and floral decorations; vessel, height 63.2 cm, diameter 21.2 cm., A tall porcelain vase with a flared rim sits against a dark background, decorated all over with painted human figures in various poses and garments on a white base. The vase features a group of small sculpted handles or applied decorative elements on its neck, painted in shades of pink, blue, and green. The painted scenes include people wearing robes and tunics in colors such as red, pink, green, purple, and blue, with accenting details in black and brown. The background of the painted imagery includes stylized mountains and clouds rendered in muted blues and greens, along with areas of pale gray. Floral and foliage motifs appear in green and pink near the lower and middle sections. The rim has a thin band of gold or gilt around its edge, and the base shows a natural ceramic color. The overall palette includes white, red, pink, green, blue, purple, gold, black, brown, and gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A23_348

License type

Rights managed

Available size

83.8Mb (1.9Mb) / 16.3in x 20.0in / 4880 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Vase Chinese 19th century colored porcelain decorated battle scenes figural scenes court scenes plant ornaments floral decorations vessel height 63.2 cm diameter 21.2 cm tall porcelain vase flared rim sits dark background painted human figures various poses garments white base vase features group small sculpted handles applied decorative elements neck painted shades pink blue green painted scenes include people wearing robes tunics colors red purple accenting details black brown background painted imagery includes stylized mountains clouds rendered muted blues greens areas pale gray Floral foliage motifs pink near lower middle sections thin band gold gilt edge base natural ceramic color palette white gray.