Caption

Vase in the shape of an onion-shaped bottle, Chinese, Qing 1644–1911, 16th–17th century, ceramics. Onion-shaped bottle-vase with a narrow, short neck, height 27 cm, weight 2.6 kg. Decorated in flat relief with a composition combining cloud and babao eight precious objects emblems. Single-color dark glaze in green-blue tones., A teardrop-shaped ceramic vase in a vivid turquoise-blue with a narrow neck and flared rim standing against a dark gray background; the vase surface shows an embossed or incised pattern of stylized cloud-like motifs and flowing ribbon shapes, with a band of wave-like decorative patterns near the rounded base, and a small area of exposed lighter clay where the glaze is worn at the bottom edge.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A27_363

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Keywords

Vase shape onion-shaped bottle Chinese Qing 1644–1911 16th–17th century ceramics Onion-shaped bottle-vase narrow short neck height 27 cm weight 2.6 kg Decorated flat relief composition combining cloud babao eight precious objects emblems Single-color dark glaze green-blue tones teardrop-shaped ceramic vase vivid turquoise-blue narrow neck flared rim standing dark gray background vase surface embossed incised pattern stylized cloud- motifs flowing ribbon shapes band wave- decorative patterns near rounded base small area exposed lighter clay glaze worn bottom edge.