Caption

Water pipe, lotuses, ducks, smoking accessories, Southeast Asia culture, ceramics, blue and white porcelain, art of Southeast Asia, Vietnamese culture, inscriptions, Chinese culture, Chinese art. Porcelain belly mounted in a metal frame with floral ornament. Porcelain painted underglaze with cobalt matte glaze. 19th century, Vietnam, China . Pipe. Height 11.0 cm; width 14.6 cm; depth 10.1 cm., A small round object with a glossy white surface and concentric rings in blue and reddish-brown sits centered against a plain gray background, featuring metallic gold-colored fittings and a curved gold handle attached with decorative scrolled mountings, with a small protruding cylindrical opening at the center and a smaller circular fitting nearby, and a soft reflection of the object visible on the surface below; visible colors include gray, white, blue, reddish-brown, and gold.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A27_336

License type

Rights managed

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77.2Mb (764.0Kb) / 20.0in x 15.0in / 6000 x 4500 (300dpi)

Keywords

Water pipe lotuses ducks smoking accessories Southeast Asia culture ceramics blue white porcelain art Southeast Asia Vietnamese culture inscriptions Chinese culture Chinese art Porcelain belly mounted metal frame floral ornament Porcelain painted underglaze cobalt matte glaze 19th century Vietnam China Pipe Height 11.0 cm width 14.6 cm depth 10.1 cm small round object glossy white surface concentric rings reddish-brown sits centered plain gray background featuring metallic gold-colored fittings curved gold handle attached decorative scrolled mountings small protruding cylindrical opening center smaller circular fitting nearby soft reflection object visible surface visible colors include gray white reddish-brown gold.