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Bottle with Dragons

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a still life titled "Bottle with Dragons" by artist Isamu Noguchi, featuring a white vase with subtle embossed lines. The vase is bulbous at the bottom with the widest point around the middle, tapering up to a long cylindrical neck ending in a funnel-shaped mouth. The base of the vase is circular and flat. The vase appears to have a glossy finish. The background is a plain wall with a dark surface below the vase. The image is in black and white. The vase takes up most of the frame.

Artwork Details

Date
first half of the 18th century
Medium
"Soft paste" porcelain with incised decoration under glaze (Jingdezhen ware)
Culture
China
Dimensions
463 × 625 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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