Vase, creator unknown, figurative scenes, Chinese art, colored porcelain, warriors, plant ornaments, ceramics, decorative vessel, pumpkins, knightly scenes, provenance unknown, Qing dynasty 1644–1911, Tongzhi reign 1862–1874, foot and arms decorated with applied plastic decorations, second half of the 19th century, China, vessel, height 62.5 cm, diameter 26.5 cm, A tall ceramic vase with a flared rim and a bulbous body sits against a dark background; the rim area is off-white with a dark brown band at the top, and the neck and body are decorated with painted scenes in a palette of green, blue, turquoise, red, orange, brown, and gold accents; the neck features a scene with several small human figures and green foliage and has a pair of small sculpted greenish handles on opposite sides; the main body shows a continuous painted landscape with trees, hills, buildings, and a group of figures in colorful robes, including a figure on horseback, all rendered with blue borders and gold ornament...
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Vase, creator unknown, figurative scenes, Chinese art, colored porcelain, warriors, plant ornaments, ceramics, decorative vessel, pumpkins, knightly scenes, provenance unknown, Qing dynasty 1644–1911, Tongzhi reign 1862–1874, foot and arms decorated with applied plastic decorations, second half of the 19th century, China, vessel, height 62.5 cm, diameter 26.5 cm, A tall ceramic vase with a flared rim and a bulbous body sits against a dark background; the rim area is off-white with a dark brown band at the top, and the neck and body are decorated with painted scenes in a palette of green, blue, turquoise, red, orange, brown, and gold accents; the neck features a scene with several small human figures and green foliage and has a pair of small sculpted greenish handles on opposite sides; the main body shows a continuous painted landscape with trees, hills, buildings, and a group of figures in colorful robes, including a figure on horseback, all rendered with blue borders and gold ornamental motifs near the top and bottom; the base edge is light blue with gold decorative patterns.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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Vase creator unknown figurative scenes Chinese art colored porcelain warriors plant ornaments ceramics decorative vessel pumpkins knightly scenes provenance unknown Qing dynasty 1644–1911 Tongzhi reign 1862–1874 foot arms decorated applied plastic decorations second half 19th century China vessel height 62.5 cm diameter 26.5 cm tall ceramic vase flared rim bulbous body sits dark background rim area off-white dark brown band top neck body decorated painted scenes palette green blue turquoise red orange brown gold accents neck features scene several small human figures green foliage pair small sculpted greenish handles opposite sides main body continuous painted landscape trees hills buildings group figures colorful robes figure horseback rendered blue borders gold ornamental motifs near bottom base edge light blue gold decorative patterns.

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