Caption

Vase with a lid, Chinese, Chinese art, ceramics; colored porcelain with figurative scenes; lid topped with a modeled seated lion. Decoration: geometric and plant ornament around the neck; two large reserves bordered with plant ornament filled with figural scenes in a landscape, two smaller reserves with figures in a landscape; background of twigs with flowers on a gold ornamental ground. White glaze, underglaze painted with cobalt; overglaze enamels in sepia, black, iron red, and gold. 18th century, China; vessel; height 28 cm; provenance unknown., The image shows a tall porcelain vase with a lid, standing against a plain gray background; the vase is predominantly white with decorative areas in blue, gold, pink, orange, green, and red, featuring ornate painted scenes and floral motifs framed by blue scrollwork, and the lid is topped by a small gold figurine.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A28_252

License type

Droits gérés

Available size

77.2Mo (1.7Mo) / 38.1cm x 50.8cm / 4500 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Vase lid Chinese Chinese art ceramics colored porcelain figurative scenes lid topped modeled seated lion Decoration geometric plant ornament neck two large reserves bordered plant ornament filled figural scenes landscape two smaller reserves figures background twigs flowers gold ornamental ground White glaze underglaze painted cobalt overglaze enamels sepia black iron red gold 18th century China vessel height 28 cm provenance unknown image tall porcelain vase standing plain gray background predominantly white decorative areas blue pink orange green red featuring ornate painted scenes floral motifs framed blue scrollwork topped small figurine.