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Object NameEnamel Painted Glass Vase

Made FromGlass, Enamel

Date1900-1966

Place MadeChina

TechniqueBlown, enamel painted

SizeOverall H: 8.1 cm; Shoulder Diam: 3.7 cm

Accession Number66.6.3

Curatorial Area(s)

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

玻璃胎画珐琅花卉纹瓶

Physical DescriptionEnamel Painted Glass Vase. Slight translucent milk-white glass and multi-colored enamels; blown, enamel painted. Baluster shape, enameled in famille rose style; below the lip a band of delicate, meandering vine motif in pink and a band of jui-like motifs in green and pink; on body vari-colored landscape of rock, flowering tree-peony, camellia, lilies, daisy-like plants, grasses and, on camellia branches two birds, one singing; flat base with central circular depressed area with four-character reign mark “Qianlong Nianzhi in blue enamel.
Provenance

Source Alice Boney - 1966-03