Caption

Vase, Chinese, Qing dynasty 1644–1911, 19th century. Cloisonné enamel vessel with a neck, height 33.0 cm, diameter 15.0 cm, weight 1.7 kg. Decoration: floral and plant tendril on a turquoise background; birds and animals lotuses, cranes, deer, tigers in circular medallions on a plant background; peonies, chrysanthemums, zoomorphic motifs, lotus tendril and meander ornaments. Two stylized handles on the sides of the neck., A ceramic vase with a rounded body, narrow neck, and flared rim decorated in intricate floral and foliate patterns in shades of turquoise, blue, green, gold, red, white, black, and yellow, with a pair of symmetrical ornamental handles on the neck in blue and gold, a circular medallion on the body containing a stylized animal motif rendered in yellow and black against a multicolored background, bands of decorative borders near the shoulder and base including metallic gold accents, and a reflective surface that shows the vase standing on a neutral gray background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A26_013

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (2.7Mb) / 15.0in x 20.0in / 4500 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Vase Chinese Qing dynasty 1644–1911 19th century Cloisonné enamel vessel neck height 33.0 cm diameter 15.0 cm weight 1.7 kg Decoration floral plant tendril turquoise background birds animals lotuses cranes deer tigers circular medallions plant background peonies chrysanthemums zoomorphic motifs lotus tendril meander ornaments Two stylized handles sides ceramic vase rounded body narrow neck flared rim decorated intricate floral foliate patterns shades turquoise blue green gold red white black yellow pair symmetrical ornamental handles circular medallion body containing stylized animal motif rendered multicolored background bands decorative borders near shoulder base metallic gold accents reflective surface vase standing neutral gray background.