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Vase and washbasin Object.
- Format:
- Image
- Language:
- No linguistic content
- Subjects (All):
- Animals.
- Birds.
- Clothing and dress.
- Courts.
- Emperors.
- Enamel and enameling.
- Exports.
- Flowers.
- Insects.
- Porcelain.
- Women.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Production:
- [Place of production not identified] : [producer not identified], [approximately 1860-1870]
- Summary:
- Porcelain decorated in underglaze greens, violet, orange, and yellow with overglaze enamels of blue and black with gilding. The vase is adorned with several Imperial court scenes and figures surrounded by floral sprigs, crysanthemums, birds, and insects. Four applied gilded salamanders and two pairs of gilded dogs embellish the vase's neck.
- Notes:
- Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from 'From Brant Point to the Boca Tigris: Nantucket and the China Trade' by Michael A Jehle, Nantucket Historical Association, 1994.
- Title from publisher's website.
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