Caption

Brush vessel, Chinese, Qing dynasty 1644–1911, early 20th century. Porcelain container with bas-relief decoration of figural scenes in a landscape and images of birds; reserves with bas-relief decoration of various shapes. Height 16.4 cm; diameter 11.9 cm., A cylindrical wooden container with a warm brown patina stands upright on a pale surface against a neutral gray background, its exterior carved with an oval relief on the front depicting a stylized bird with outstretched wings and flowing tail, and flanked by carved openwork panels showing organic and geometric motifs; the rim shows a carved band with repeating leaf-like shapes, and the wood grain and some darker and lighter brown variations are visible across the piece.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A28_475

License type

Rights managed

Available size

103.0Mb (1.4Mb) / 20.0in x 20.0in / 6000 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Brush vessel Chinese Qing dynasty 1644–1911 early 20th century Porcelain container bas-relief decoration figural scenes landscape images birds reserves bas-relief decoration various shapes Height 16.4 cm diameter 11.9 cm cylindrical wooden container warm brown patina stands upright pale surface neutral gray background exterior carved oval relief front depicting stylized bird outstretched wings flowing tail flanked carved openwork panels showing organic geometric motifs rim carved band repeating leaf- shapes wood grain darker lighter brown variations visible across piece.