Caption

Brush vessel, cloisonné enamel, Qing dynasty 1644–1911, 19th century China. Decorated with dragons, clouds, waves/sea waves, claws, and meander ornament; turquoise interior. Height 12.7 cm; diameter 9.8 cm., A cylindrical decorative object with a predominantly turquoise blue background, decorated with a pattern of cloud-like shapes in white, dark blue, and gold. A large stylized creature with dark brown or black scaled body and gold outlines appears across the surface, with flowing tail and fins accented in white and gold. The top and bottom rims feature a geometric band in dark blue and gold. Near the base there are rounded wave-like motifs in pale green, white, and gold. The overall color palette includes turquoise blue, dark blue, white, gold, dark brown or black, and pale green.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A25_488

License type

Rights managed

Available size

103.0Mb (2.5Mb) / 20.0in x 20.0in / 6000 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Brush vessel cloisonné enamel Qing dynasty 1644–1911 19th century China Decorated dragons clouds waves sea waves claws meander ornament turquoise interior Height 12.7 cm diameter 9.8 cm cylindrical decorative object predominantly turquoise blue background decorated pattern cloud- shapes white dark blue gold large stylized creature dark brown black scaled body gold outlines across surface flowing tail fins accented top bottom rims feature geometric band Near base rounded wave- motifs pale green color palette includes blue pale green.