Caption

Pool — aquarium., Chinese, Qing dynasty 1644–1911, 19th century. Colored porcelain vessel decorated with chrysanthemums, lotuses, and images of birds; bulging form narrowed at the bottom. Height 41.5 cm; diameter 41.1 cm., A rounded ceramic vessel with a glossy pale off-white surface decorated with painted floral and branch motifs in colors including teal, blue, green, pale yellow, pink, red, orange, and brown, showing a large pale yellow blossom, a deep pink blossom, a blue blossom, leafy branches with teal and green leaves, and small orange and red fruit-like shapes, with a slightly weathered brown rim and a narrow brown base, set against a dark gray background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A24_446

License type

Rights managed

Available size

68.9Mb (1.1Mb) / 20.0in x 13.4in / 6000 x 4016 (300dpi)

Keywords

Pool aquarium Chinese Qing dynasty 1644–1911 19th century Colored porcelain vessel decorated chrysanthemums lotuses images birds bulging form narrowed bottom Height 41.5 cm diameter 41.1 cm rounded ceramic vessel glossy pale off-white surface decorated painted floral branch motifs colors teal blue green pale yellow pink red orange brown showing large pale yellow blossom deep pink blossom blue blossom leafy branches green leaves small orange red fruit- shapes slightly weathered brown rim narrow brown base set dark gray background.