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Vase in the shape of an onion-shaped bottle, Chinese art, Chinese culture, Qing 1644–1911 style, hundred antiquities baigu ornament, ceramics. 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. 16th–17th century, China. Vessel; height 27 cm; weight 2.6 kg., A teardrop-shaped ceramic vase with a narrow neck and flared rim sits against a dark gray background, the vase surface showing a vibrant turquoise-blue glaze with slightly darker and lighter variations, decorated with an all-over raised pattern of stylized cloud motifs and flowing ribbon-like elements, and a band of repeating wave-like patterns near the base; the rim and foot show a thin exposed edge of unglazed clay in a light beige color, and the vase casts a subtle reflection on the surface beneath it.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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Vase shape onion-shaped bottle Chinese art Chinese culture Qing 1644–1911 style hundred antiquities baigu ornament ceramics 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 16th–17th century China Vessel height 27 cm weight 2.6 kg teardrop-shaped ceramic vase narrow neck flared rim sits dark gray background vase surface showing vibrant turquoise-blue glaze slightly darker lighter variations - raised pattern stylized cloud motifs flowing ribbon- elements band repeating wave- patterns near base rim foot thin exposed edge unglazed clay light beige color vase casts subtle reflection surface beneath .