Caption

Jug, ornamented with plant motifs and fruit, featuring applied plastic decoration of flowering leafy bunches with oval set semi-precious stones; Chinese, Qing dynasty 1644–1911, 19th century; porcelain/ceramic vessel, height 20.6 cm, width 23.0 cm; subject includes plum trees; function: teapot/vessel., A metal vessel with a rounded body, a flared foot, and a wide, slightly undulating rim, shown against a light neutral background; the vessel has a smooth silvery surface with a subtle sheen and is decorated with raised botanical motifs of branches and leaves in the same metal, and a few oval dark stones set within the floral designs; overall colors visible include silver and a dark purplish tone in the inset stones, with soft gray gradients in the background.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A28_431

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Rights managed

Available size

88.8Mb (872.9Kb) / 17.2in x 20.0in / 5174 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Jug ornamented plant motifs fruit featuring applied plastic decoration flowering leafy bunches oval set semi-precious stones Chinese Qing dynasty 1644–1911 19th century porcelain ceramic vessel height 20.6 cm width 23.0 cm subject includes plum trees function teapot vessel metal vessel rounded body flared foot wide slightly undulating rim shown light neutral background smooth silvery surface subtle sheen decorated raised botanical motifs branches leaves metal oval dark stones within floral designs colors visible include silver dark purplish tone inset stones soft gray gradients background.