Caption

Vase, cloisonné enamel, 19th century China Qing dynasty. Vase on a foot with a neck; decoration of fish and crabs on a turquoise background and an archaizing inscription on the neck. Height 23.5 cm; diameter 9.3 cm. Chinese art; vessels., A rounded vase with a narrow neck and flared rim, mainly covered in a bright blue background with swirling wave patterns, decorated with several stylized fish in red, black, white, and gold, and a few green leaf-like motifs; the neck bears a band of darker blue with vertical decorative elements in black and gold, topped by a narrow border with red and gold patterns beneath a gold-colored rim; the foot has a pale green and white wave pattern above another gold-colored band.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A25_466

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

Keywords

Vase cloisonné enamel 19th century China Qing dynasty foot neck decoration fish crabs turquoise background archaizing inscription Height 23.5 cm diameter 9.3 cm Chinese art vessels rounded vase narrow neck flared rim mainly covered bright blue background swirling wave patterns decorated several stylized fish red black white gold green leaf- motifs neck bears band darker blue vertical decorative elements topped narrow border gold patterns beneath gold-colored rim pale green white wave pattern another gold-colored band.