One Vase from a Garniture Set: Tall Cylindrical Vase with Flaring Lip and Subtly Flaring Foot and with Decoration of a Scrolling Vine with Fruiting and Flowering Branches
18th-19th Century
Description
Tall cylindrical vase from an ornamental set originally comprising two "beaker vases" (such as the present one) and three covered baluster jars, each piece ornately molded with a curling vine bearing flowers and fruit, the foot of each vessel with bands of stylized lotus-petals, the necks of the "beakers" with ru-yi sceptre motifs, and the necks of the jars with rising banana-leaf decor below a lei-wen border; the domed jar covers each with everted lip and decorated with scrolling leaf and crackled-ice patterns, and knobs in the forms of Chinese lions; the base of the covered jars bear four-character marks raised in relief.
Dimensions
H. 61.6 x Diam. 18.9 cm (24 1/4 x 7 7/16 in.)
Related Artworks
View MoreCast bronze
4th-3rd century BCEChineseTerracotta
3rd millennium BCEAnatolianTerracotta
Greek
Bottle of beer, printed label, stamped
20th centuryGermanLead-glazed funerary ware: molded brick-red earthenware with lead-fluxed, emerald-green glaze over molded and applique decoration
2nd-3rd century CEChineseRed, green and black lacquer
ChinesePorcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze red and green enamels, probably added at a later date
16th-17th centuryChineseTerracotta; reddish yellow clay, black glaze
5th-4th century BCEGreekWhite ware: porcelain with glaze over lightly incised decoration
18th centuryChineseHard paste porcelain with feldspathic glaze
19th centuryGermanGray earthenware
11th-10th century BCEChinese