Small vase

Title: Small vase
Description: This slender vase has tall, flaring upper and lower sections divided by a slightly bulbous middle; the shape is patterned after that of an ancient Chinese bronze vessel known as a zun. It is decorated with potted plants on the upper part, a landscape with figures in the middle, and ladies on horseback on the lower register. An artemisia leaf with ribbons is painted in underglaze blue, with no encircling element, on the base.

Catalogue entry from Suzanne G. Valenstein. The Robert Collection. Decorative Arts, Volume XV. Wolfram Koeppe, et al. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in association with Princeton University Press, 2012, p. 322.
Creator: Chinese , Qing Dynasty, Kangxi period
Publisher: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Date Created: 1662–1722
Type: porcelain (visual works)
Identifier: 1975.1.1685
Source: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/461496
Language: Chinese, Mandarin (language)
Rights: public domain

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