Caption

Vase, Chinese, Qing dynasty 1644–1911, 19th century. Cloisonné enamel; vessel on a foot with a neck; height 23.5 cm, diameter 9.3 cm. Decoration: fish and crabs on a turquoise background, archaizing inscription on the neck., A rounded vase with a flared neck and a metallic rim, predominantly turquoise blue in color with swirling wave patterns covering its body; decorative fish motifs in red, black, gold, white, and yellow appear swimming among green leaf-like shapes; the neck area shows a band of blue with darker characters or symbols rendered in black and accented with gold, and a narrow darker blue band separates the neck from the body; the base has a decorative border in pale green, white, and gold and a metallic foot ring.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A25_474

License type

Rights managed

Available size

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

Keywords

Vase Chinese Qing dynasty 1644–1911 19th century Cloisonné enamel vessel foot neck height 23.5 cm diameter 9.3 cm Decoration fish crabs turquoise background archaizing inscription rounded vase flared neck metallic rim predominantly turquoise blue color swirling wave patterns covering body decorative fish motifs red black gold white yellow swimming green leaf- shapes neck area band darker characters symbols rendered accented narrow darker blue band separates base decorative border pale green metallic foot ring.