Légende

Vase. Vase with a bulging, flattened belly, tapering towards the bottom; with a wide spout and a round foot. Polychrome in the colours: red, pink, yellow, white and black. 19th century, India. Vessel. Height 50.0 cm, diameter 13.0 cm, weight 5.75 kg. Subjects and motifs: Indian art; Hinduism Vaishnavism, Shaivism; gods Vishnu, Shiva, teachers, ascetics; jugs, containers; fish; plant ornaments; geometric ornaments. Creator: unknown. ., A large decorative vessel sits upright against a neutral gray background, with a rounded body that tapers to a narrow foot and rises to a wide flaring neck. The surface shows intricate painted motifs and medallion scenes arranged around the body and lower section, with leafy and floral patterns filling the spaces between. The vessel displays a metallic sheen with visible gold tones and areas of dark bronze or brown patina, along with prominent red painted fields and touches of black. The neck and foot have banded ornamentation and engraved or incised foliate textures, and the overall finish appears glossy on the painted areas and slightly matte on the metal portions.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A29_432

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

77.2Mo (1.5Mo) / 38.1cm x 50.8cm / 4499 x 6000 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Vase bulging flattened belly tapering towards bottom wide spout round foot Polychrome colours red pink yellow white black 19th century India Vessel Height 50.0 cm diameter 13.0 cm weight 5.75 kg Subjects motifs Indian art Hinduism Vaishnavism Shaivism gods Vishnu Shiva teachers ascetics jugs containers fish plant ornaments geometric ornaments Creator unknown large decorative vessel sits upright neutral gray background rounded body tapers narrow foot rises wide flaring neck surface intricate painted medallion scenes arranged body lower section leafy floral patterns filling spaces vessel displays metallic sheen visible gold tones areas dark bronze brown patina prominent red fields touches foot banded ornamentation engraved incised foliate textures finish glossy painted areas slightly matte metal portions.