Caption

Vase, Chinese, Qing dynasty 1644–1911, 19th century. Cloisonné enamel vessel on a foot with a neck; decoration of fish and crabs on a turquoise background and an archaizing inscription on the neck. Height 23.2 cm; diameter 9.1 cm., A rounded vase with a flared rim and foot, primarily turquoise blue, decorated with a repeating wave pattern in darker blue lines; the rim and foot have gold-colored metal bands and the neck displays a band of geometric motifs in darker blue with accents of red and gold. The body shows colorful marine creatures including a red fish with white and yellow fins, a black and gold fish with white highlights, and a blue crab with yellow-tipped claws, along with green and yellow aquatic plants scattered among the wave motifs. The palette includes turquoise blue, dark blue, red, black, gold, yellow, white, and green.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A25_459

License type

Rights managed

Available size

64.1Mb (2.0Mb) / 13.5in x 18.5in / 4039 x 5544 (300dpi)

Keywords

Vase Chinese Qing dynasty 1644–1911 19th century Cloisonné enamel vessel foot neck decoration fish crabs turquoise background archaizing inscription Height 23.2 cm diameter 9.1 cm rounded vase flared rim primarily turquoise blue decorated repeating wave pattern darker blue lines rim gold-colored metal bands neck displays band geometric motifs darker blue accents red gold body colorful marine creatures red fish white yellow fins black gold fish white highlights blue crab yellow-tipped claws green yellow aquatic plants scattered wave motifs palette includes dark blue yellow green.