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Vase with ladies, plants, and landscape

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The vase, titled "Vase with ladies, plants, and landscape", is blue and white. The vase's shape resembles a beaker with a wide mouth and a narrow base. The top portion of the vase features a wide mouth with a small lip and a flared rim. The body of the vase consists of three connected sections. The top section is cylindrical and features blue designs including plants. A thin patterned band separates the top section from the middle section. The middle section features rounded rectangular protrusions with blue landscape scenes on a white background. A geometric patterned band separates the middle section from the bottom section. The bottom section features rounded protrusions on a white background with blue designs depicting ladies among plants, and geometric patterns around the base. The background of the image is gray.

Artwork details

Date:
late 17th–early 18th century
Medium:
Porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue (Jingdezhen ware)
Culture:
China
Dimensions:
370 × 624 px
Museum record:
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