Légende

Flask—snuffbox, Chinese; ceramics; polychrome painted flask depicting figurative genre scenes with horses and riders; Qing dynasty, Qianlong period 18th century, 1736–1795; vessel; height 6.4 cm., A small rounded vessel with a short neck and narrow mouth sits against a plain gray background. The vessel's surface shows a high-contrast decoration with prominent black and white areas and small accents of reddish-brown on protruding handle-like elements at its sides. The painted scene on the body features a group of figures wearing flowing garments, rendered in white against the black background, with delicate dark line work showing folds and facial features. The upper portion of the decoration includes darker irregular shapes and lighter textured areas suggesting foliage or drapery. The base and neck show worn spots where the underlying ceramic color appears lighter. The overall colors visible are black, white, gray, reddish-brown, and small areas of off-white.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A23_277

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

88.3Mo (972.8Ko) / 43.5cm x 50.8cm / 5143 x 6000 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Flask snuffbox Chinese ceramics polychrome painted flask depicting figurative genre scenes horses riders Qing dynasty Qianlong period 18th century 1736–1795 vessel height 6.4 cm small rounded short neck narrow mouth sits plain gray background vessel's surface high-contrast decoration prominent black white areas small accents reddish-brown protruding handle- elements sides painted scene body features group figures wearing flowing garments rendered white black background delicate dark line work showing folds facial features upper portion decoration includes darker irregular shapes lighter textured areas suggesting foliage drapery base neck worn spots underlying ceramic color colors visible black gray small areas off-white.