Physical description
Vase, one of a pair. Pear-shaped with spreading necks and bulbous swelling below the rims; decorated from head to foot, excepting the bulbs; with spiralling design in orange (roug-de fer); landscapes with a boy with a shishi lion on a lead (in the Kakiemon style and in the enamels of the Kakiemon palette), flowering plants and a floral scroll on the bulbs.
Place of Origin
China (made)
Netherlands (decorated)
Date
ca. 1710-1725 (made)
ca. 1725-1735 (decorated)
Artist/maker
Unknown
Materials and Techniques
Porcelain painted in overglaze enamels
Dimensions
Diameter: 26.4 cm
Object history note
One of a pair with C.343-1931.
Descriptive line
Vase, one of a pair, porcelain decorated with spiralling design in orange and a boy with a shishi lion, Chinese, ca. 1710-25
Production Note
Overdecorated in Holland in imitation of the Kakiemon style.
Materials
Porcelain
Techniques
Painted; Glazed
Subjects depicted
Plants; Boy; Lions
Categories
Porcelain; Ceramics; Household objects; Vases
Collection
East Asia Collection