Large Covered Baluster Jar

Chinese Qing Dynasty

National Gallery of Art

This is an elaborately decorated urn or vase with a lid. It features colorful floral patterns with large blossoms in shades of pink, yellow, and white, smaller blossoms in blue, small green leaves, and cranes with white and black feathers and long beaks. The base and neck of the vase have stripes of colors such as red, green, yellow, and white. The lid is topped with a sculptural figure of a dog or lion in pink and green.