Caption

Vessel., Chinese, Qing dynasty 1644–1911, early 18th century. Gray-green jade, hollowed. Tall vessel on four feet with rounded edges; dragon-shaped handle on the narrower side. Entire surface covered in bas-relief motifs of clouds and mythological creatures dragons, clouds. Height 9.0 cm; width 14.0 cm; depth 6.5 cm., A carved object rests on a smooth surface against a dark gray to black gradient background, the object appearing predominantly pale green with areas of brown and darker green mottling; it has a rounded rectangular form with carved swirling patterns across its visible faces and a sculpted handle or loop at one side, and it casts a soft shadow on the surface beneath.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A24_318

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (406.7Kb) / 15.0in x 20.0in / 4500 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Vessel Chinese Qing dynasty 1644–1911 early 18th century Gray-green jade hollowed Tall vessel four feet rounded edges dragon-shaped handle narrower side Entire surface covered bas-relief motifs clouds mythological creatures dragons Height 9.0 cm width 14.0 cm depth 6.5 cm carved object rests smooth surface dark gray black gradient background appearing predominantly pale green areas brown darker green mottling rounded rectangular form swirling patterns across visible faces sculpted handle loop side casts soft shadow surface beneath.