Caption

Pair of vases, Chinese, 18th century, Chinese ceramics, colored porcelain in famille noire palette, decorated with birds, plums, and floral motifs, vessel, height 22.5 cm., A tall, narrow vase with a flared rim and a square body decorated against a black background with a floral branch motif; the design shows pale blossoms and buds on twisting brown branches with green leaves and pale green accents at the base and on the neck, and the rim interior appears off-white while the exterior surface is predominantly black with touches of white, green, brown, and hints of pale yellow.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A30_083

License type

Rights managed

Available size

73.6Mb (1.1Mb) / 14.3in x 20.0in / 4286 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Pair vases Chinese 18th century Chinese ceramics colored porcelain famille noire palette decorated birds plums floral motifs vessel height 22.5 cm tall narrow vase flared rim square body decorated black background floral branch motif design pale blossoms buds twisting brown branches green leaves pale green accents base neck rim interior off-white exterior surface predominantly black touches white green brown hints pale yellow.