Caption

Pool - aquarium, Chinese art, Chinese culture, Qing 1644–1911, Qing style, aquarium ceramic vessel decorated with chrysanthemums, lotuses, and images of birds, colored porcelain, pool-shaped decorative vessel, bulging, narrowed at the bottom, 19th century Qing dynasty, China, height 41.5 cm, diameter 41.1 cm, A rounded ceramic vessel with a white base color sits against a dark gray background, decorated with a painted scene of aquatic plants and birds; the decorations include teal and green leaves, turquoise and teal lily pads, orange and pink flowers, and small stylized ducks with pink, blue, and green feathers floating on pale blue water, while several small birds with black and pink markings are depicted flying above; there are also touches of gold and brown along the rim and in small round accents, and the vessel rests on a neutral-colored base.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A24_447

License type

Rights managed

Available size

68.9Mb (990.7Kb) / 20.0in x 13.4in / 6000 x 4016 (300dpi)

Keywords

Pool - aquarium Chinese art Chinese culture Qing 1644–1911 Qing style aquarium ceramic vessel decorated chrysanthemums lotuses images birds colored porcelain pool-shaped decorative vessel bulging narrowed bottom 19th century Qing dynasty China height 41.5 cm diameter 41.1 cm rounded ceramic vessel white base color sits dark gray background decorated painted scene aquatic plants decorations include teal green leaves turquoise teal lily pads orange pink flowers small stylized ducks pink blue green feathers floating pale blue water several small birds black pink markings depicted flying also touches gold brown rim small round accents vessel rests neutral-colored base.