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Covered Vase

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The vase is dark blue with gold designs. The vase has a domed lid with a decorative gold and blue knob on top. The vase's body is shaped like an hourglass, wider at the bottom and top, and narrower in the middle. The vase features a gold design around the entire body depicting a landscape scene, including buildings, trees, and mountains. A gold border runs along the bottom of the vase. The background of the image is gray, with the vase sitting on a white surface.

Artwork Details

Date
1770–95
Medium
Porcelain
Culture
Chinese
Dimensions
410 × 625 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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