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 blue vase with a rounded body and a flared neck, decorated with a pattern of swirling wave lines; the neck has a band of darker blue and a narrow gold rim at the top, and the base has a gold-colored foot ring. The body features a group of stylized aquatic creatures, including a large black and white fish, a yellow crab with red-tipped claws holding a green plant, and a smaller red fish, all set against the blue background with scattered green leaf-like motifs and concentric wave lines; additional decorative bands in blue, red, green, white, and gold appear near the neck and base.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A25_475

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 blue vase rounded body flared neck decorated pattern swirling wave lines band darker blue narrow gold rim top base gold-colored foot ring body features group stylized aquatic creatures large black white fish yellow crab red-tipped claws holding green plant smaller red fish set blue background scattered green leaf- motifs concentric additional decorative bands blue red green white gold near base.