Caption

Vase, Gift; Paderewski, Ignacy Jan 1860–1941. Chinese, Qing dynasty 1644–1911. Cloisonné enamel vase on a foot with a neck. Decoration: fish and crabs on a turquoise background, archaizing inscription on the neck. 19th century, China. Vessel. Height 23.2 cm; diameter 9.1 cm., A rounded vase with a narrow neck and flared rim sits against a neutral gray background, predominantly turquoise blue with swirling wave patterns in darker blue lines; the body features a large black fish with gold-edged scales and yellow fins, several smaller red fish with white and gold accents, and a bright blue crab with gold highlights, along with green lotus leaves scattered among the wave motifs; the neck has a band of vertical dark motifs on the blue ground and a decorative red and gold border under the rim, while the base and rim are finished with metallic gold bands and a green-and-white wave-pattern border above the lower gold band.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A25_450

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Rights managed

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64.1Mb (1.5Mb) / 13.5in x 18.5in / 4039 x 5544 (300dpi)

Keywords

Vase Gift Paderewski Ignacy Jan 1860–1941 Chinese Qing dynasty 1644–1911 Cloisonné enamel vase foot neck Decoration fish crabs turquoise background archaizing inscription 19th century China Vessel Height 23.2 cm diameter 9.1 cm rounded vase narrow neck flared rim sits neutral gray background predominantly turquoise blue swirling wave patterns darker lines body features large black fish gold-edged scales yellow fins several smaller red fish white gold accents bright crab gold highlights green lotus leaves scattered wave motifs band vertical dark motifs blue ground decorative red gold border under rim base finished metallic gold bands green- -white wave-pattern border lower gold band.