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Bottle with Lion

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

White vase with a long neck and a bulbous body. The vase has a colorful design around the top and bottom of the body, and a large colorful design on the front. The design on the front features a lion. The top of the vase has a red, green, and white geometric pattern. The body of the vase has a green and red floral pattern around the top. The bulbous part of the vase is white with a large colorful design featuring a yellow lion wearing a green robe. The lion has a red and blue mane. There are red and pink designs on either side of the lion. The background of the image is dark gray.

Artwork details

Date:
early 18th century
Medium:
Porcelain painted with colored enamels over transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware)
Culture:
China
Dimensions:
469 × 625 px
Museum record:
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