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A white vase decorated with a landscape design that includes houses, trees, hills, bushes, and people. The vase has a long, thin neck and an everted rim. The foot of the vase is wide but very short.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Vase with Landscape Design
1800 – 1966
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Rowe for the James Marshall Plumer Memorial Collection
1970/2.108
Covered ceramic jar with brilliantly colored Thai-inspired overglaze enamel painting in floral patterns. The lid mimics the spires of Thai Buddhist architecture, rising from the gentle curve of the lower portion of the lid and alternating between solid bands of green, and multicolored floral patterns. The green covers what would be the underside of each of the colorful three tiers of "roof" segments, culminating in what appears to be a red and gold lotus bud at the top of the lid.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Bencharong Ware Jar (tho)
19th century
Gift of Doris Duke's Southeast Asian Art Collection
2005/1.465A&B
Bencharong ware spittoon made in a private kiln in Jingdezhen, China, for Thai market. Probably ordered from Thai royalty, under the reign of Rama II (r. 1809-1824). It is the porcelain ware enameled with multiple colors, in the style called “five colors” (“bencharong” refers to five colors in Sanskrit). It has a large mouth and bulbous shape, with design of minor Buddhist deities Thepanom and Norasingh, and Chinese fire patterns.<br />
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Bencharong Ware Spitton with Buddhist dieties Thapanom and Norasingh, and Chinese fire patterns
1800 – 1832
Gift of Doris Duke's Southeast Asian Art Collection
2005/1.464
Covered ceramic jar with brilliantly colored overglaze enamel painting in repreating floral patterns. A small base curves into a deep, wide bowl with a flaring mouth, in which the lid rests. The lid can be turned upside down to provide a shallow bowl, the base of which (or topmost portion of the lid) is encircled by gold and green bands.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Bencharong Ware Jar (tho)
19th century
Gift of Doris Duke's Southeast Asian Art Collection
2005/1.476A&B
White rouge box decorated with flowers and a lid with a man riding a horse.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Rouge box with lid
1900 – 1932
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Millard H. Pryor
1983/1.365.1-2
Square cosmetic box with a&nbsp;painted floral design and&nbsp;lid painted with a man on a horse.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Square Rouge Box with Lid, One of a Pair
1900 – 1932
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Millard H. Pryor
1983/1.367.1-2
A bowl with a landscape scene that has buildings, a river, and trees. It is on a footing and a wavy rim.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Bowl with painted port scene
1900 – 1932
Gift of Willard A. and Marybelle Bouchard Hanna
1991/2.20
This bowl flares out by having a smaller diameter on the bottom and larger diameter along the rim. The outside of the bowl is decorated with red, pink, and yellow peonies with green leaves. The inside of the bowl is decorated with a red rooster. The outside rim of the bowl has two red horizontal stripes, the top rim of the bowl is wavy with many bumps that resemble flower petals, the inside rim is decorated with more peonies. The foot of the bowl it tall.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Small Bowl with Peonies and Rooster Design
1767 – 1799
Gift of Mr. Chung Mo-nan
1956/2.19
A white snuff bottle with design of dragon among clouds.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Snuff bottle with design of dragon among clouds
1825 – 1900
Gift of Mr. Robert W. Coggan
1980/2.110
Bowl with design of landscape and ox-herders on the inside and outside; there are trees, mountains, and a building. It in on a footing and has a wavy rim.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Bowl with design of landscape and ox-herders
1912 – 1990
Gift of Catherine Hightower
1991/1.89
A globular white porcelain snuff bottle with a design of a Pekingese dog and bamboo.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Snuff bottle with painted design of a Pekingese dog and bamboo
1821 – 1850
Gift of Mr. Robert W. Coggan
1980/2.118
A scalloped plate with a design of a lady in a yellow dress, standing in a garden.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Imari style bowl with design of lady in a garden (pair with 1982/1.218?)
1800 – 1982
Gift of the Estate of Hobart Taylor, Jr.
1982/1.219
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