Caption

Brush vessel; Chinese; Qing dynasty 1644–1911; cloisonné enamel decorated with dragons, clouds, waves, claws, and meander ornament; turquoise interior; 19th century; height 12.7 cm, diameter 9.8 cm., A cylindrical decorative object with a glossy surface featuring a predominantly turquoise blue background, decorated with a pattern of cloud-like shapes in white and deep blue, and several stylized fish or dragon-like creatures in dark brown and black with gold and red accents; the top and bottom rims have a narrow band with a repeating geometric motif in gold and dark blue, and the lower edge shows layered wave patterns in pale green, cream, and muted gold; the overall color palette includes turquoise, deep blue, white, dark brown, black, gold, red, pale green, and cream, and the object is shown against a smooth gray background with a faint reflective surface beneath it.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A25_484

License type

Rights managed

Available size

103.0Mb (2.4Mb) / 20.0in x 20.0in / 6000 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Brush vessel Chinese Qing dynasty 1644–1911 cloisonné enamel decorated dragons clouds waves claws meander ornament turquoise interior 19th century height 12.7 cm diameter 9.8 cm cylindrical decorative object glossy surface featuring predominantly turquoise blue background decorated pattern cloud- shapes white deep blue several stylized fish dragon- creatures dark brown black gold red accents top bottom rims narrow band repeating geometric motif dark blue lower edge layered wave patterns pale green cream muted gold color palette includes red object shown smooth gray background faint reflective surface beneath .