Caption

Box with a lid, painted enamel, Qing 1644–1911, 19th century, figurative scenes, peonies, grapes, peaches iconography, Chinese and Vietnamese Southeast Asian art/culture influences, Nguyen dynasty 1802–1945 associations, container; height 3.3 cm, diameter 6.3 cm., A small round box with a fitted lid sits on a reflective surface, showing a mirrored image beneath. The box is predominantly bright blue with gold trim and is decorated all around with floral motifs in pink, white, green, and pale yellow. The lid has a painted scene with figures and architectural elements in colors including pale blue, yellow, pink, green, and brown against the blue rim, and the overall palette includes shades of blue, gold, pink, green, white, yellow, and brown.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A26_156

License type

Rights managed

Available size

103.0Mb (1.6Mb) / 20.0in x 20.0in / 6000 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Box lid painted enamel Qing 1644–1911 19th century figurative scenes peonies grapes peaches iconography Chinese Vietnamese Southeast Asian art culture influences Nguyen dynasty 1802–1945 associations container height 3.3 cm diameter 6.3 cm small round box fitted sits reflective surface showing mirrored image beneath box predominantly bright blue gold trim decorated floral motifs pink white green pale yellow painted scene figures architectural elements colors pale blue yellow brown blue rim palette includes shades blue gold brown.