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Vase with flowers

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a black and white photograph of a vase with flowers. The vase is tall and narrow, with a wide mouth and a narrow base. It is light gray with a subtle texture. The vase has a floral design painted on it in black. The design features a bouquet of flowers and leaves on the front of the vase, with a single stem and flower on the right side. The background of the image is black, with a slight shadow cast by the vase on the surface below it. The title of the image is "Vase with flowers".

Artwork Details

Date
19th century
Medium
Porcelain painted in overglaze polychrome enamels over a green sgraffito ground of vegetal scrolls (Jingdezhen ware)
Culture
China
Dimensions
410 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
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