Caption

Vase with a lid, Chinese, 18th century. Porcelain vessel height 28 cm with white glaze, underglaze cobalt painting and overglaze enamels in sepia, black, iron red, and gold. Lid topped by a modeled seated lion. Decoration: geometric and plant ornament around the neck; two large reserves bordered with plant ornament containing figural scenes in a landscape, two smaller reserves with figures in a landscape; background of twigs with flowers on a gold ornamental ground. Genre scenes, floral decorations, and lions. Provenance unknown., A tall vase with a lid stands against a plain gray background, featuring ornate painted decoration in colors including white, blue, gold, pink, green, purple, and orange, with a small gold sculpted figure perched on the lid; the vase body tapers from a rounded shoulder into a narrow waist and flares slightly at the base, showing panels of floral patterns, scrolling blue borders, and several painted scenes with human figures and landscape motifs, and the lid and shoulder areas continue the colorful floral and ornamental designs.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A28_254

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Rights managed

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77.2Mb (1.7Mb) / 15.0in x 20.0in / 4500 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Vase lid Chinese 18th century Porcelain vessel height 28 cm white glaze underglaze cobalt painting overglaze enamels sepia black iron red gold Lid topped modeled seated lion Decoration geometric plant ornament neck two large reserves bordered containing figural scenes landscape two smaller reserves figures background twigs flowers gold ornamental ground Genre scenes floral decorations lions Provenance unknown tall vase lid stands plain gray background featuring ornate painted decoration colors white blue pink green purple orange small sculpted figure perched vase body tapers rounded shoulder narrow waist flares slightly base showing panels floral patterns scrolling blue borders several scenes human figures landscape motifs shoulder areas continue colorful floral ornamental designs.