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Vase, unknown creator; gift; Indian art; Indian, South Asian cultures; Hinduism, Vaishnavism, Shaivism; jugs, gods, containers, teachers; Vishnu, Shiva, fish, plant ornaments, geometric ornaments, ascetics. Vase with a bulging, flattened belly, tapering towards the bottom; with a wide spout and a round foot. Polychrome in red, pink, yellow, white and black. 19th century, India; vessel; height 50.0 cm, diameter 13.0 cm, weight 5.75 kg., A decorative vessel with a rounded body that tapers to a narrow base and rises to a flared neck, featuring a metallic surface with ornate painted scenes and patterns. The vessel displays a dominant red background with gold and bronze metallic areas and detailed painted figures and floral motifs in darker tones. There are a few round medallion-like panels around the body each containing small human figures, and several bands of repeating ornamental designs encircle the neck and base. The surface shows fine linework and leaf-like patterns in metallic gold and bronze, with accents of black and subtle darker reds. The overall palette includes red, gold, bronze, black, and hints of darker brown.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A29_437

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

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

Mots clés

Vase unknown creator gift Indian art Indian South Asian cultures Hinduism Vaishnavism Shaivism jugs gods containers teachers Vishnu Shiva fish plant ornaments geometric ornaments ascetics bulging flattened belly tapering towards bottom wide spout round foot Polychrome red pink yellow white black 19th century India vessel height 50.0 cm diameter 13.0 cm weight 5.75 kg decorative vessel rounded body tapers narrow base rises flared neck featuring metallic surface ornate painted scenes patterns vessel displays dominant red background gold bronze metallic areas detailed figures floral motifs darker tones round medallion- panels body containing small human figures several bands repeating ornamental designs encircle neck base surface fine linework leaf- metallic gold bronze accents subtle darker reds palette includes hints darker brown.