Caption

Vase in the shape of an onion-shaped bottle, Onion-shaped bottle-vase with a narrow, short neck. The vessel is decorated with a flat relief creating a composition combining a cloud and babao emblems eight precious objects or eight basic symbols. Glaze is single-color, dark, in green-blue tones. Qing 1644–1911 style; 16th–17th century . Chinese ceramics. Height 27 cm; weight 2.6 kg.; Chinese culture., A teardrop-shaped ceramic vase with a narrow neck and rounded body displayed against a dark gray background, the vase glazed in a rich turquoise-blue with a slightly crackled surface and subtle variations in tone, featuring an all-over raised pattern of stylized cloud and ribbon motifs and curved wave-like designs near the base, with a thin unglazed rim showing a light beige edge and a small exposed area of the base in a similar beige.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A27_361

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71.3Mb (1.1Mb) / 13.8in x 20.0in / 4154 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Vase shape onion-shaped bottle Onion-shaped bottle-vase narrow short neck vessel decorated flat relief creating composition combining cloud babao emblems eight precious objects eight basic symbols Glaze single-color dark green-blue tones Qing 1644–1911 style 16th–17th century Chinese ceramics Height 27 cm weight 2.6 kg Chinese culture teardrop-shaped ceramic vase narrow neck rounded body displayed dark gray background vase glazed rich turquoise-blue slightly crackled surface subtle variations tone featuring - raised pattern stylized cloud ribbon motifs curved wave- designs near base thin unglazed rim showing light beige edge small exposed area beige.