Vase (one of a pair)

Accession Number
2005/1.470.1

Title
Vase (one of a pair)

Artist(s)
Chinese

Artist Nationality
Chinese (culture or style)

Object Creation Date
19th century

Medium & Support
Cloisonné (metalwork with enamel décor)

Dimensions
7 1/16 in. x 7 1/2 in. x 7 1/2 in. ( 18 cm x 19 cm x 19 cm )

Credit Line
Gift of Doris Duke's Southeast Asian Art Collection

Subject matter
Cloisonne jar used for offerings of food, flowers, or incense made in China for the export market.

Physical Description
Cloisonne (metalwork with enamel decor) jar. This jar uses brightly colored red, blue, green, yellow, and pinkish-purple enamelsto decorate its registers with intricate floral and vegetal patterns. Mounted on a sturdy circular base, the body of the vase flares outward to its widest point, then curves inward more steeply toward the neck, from which a bowl-like mouth curves upwards.

Primary Object Classification
Metalwork

Primary Object Type
vase

Additional Object Classification(s)
Decorative Arts

Collection Area
Asian

Rights
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Keywords
Chinese export (ceramics style)
enamels (visual works)
vases

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On display

UMMA Gallery Location ➜ FFW, 2nd floor ➜ 217 (Gallery of South, Southeast and Central Asian Art)