Skip to main content
Coral enameled, firing crack to foot
Vase
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista

Vase

Artist Chinese Artist
Date18th-19th Century
Place of originChina, Asia
MediumCeramic, enamel
DimensionsHeight x Diameter: 5 5/16 x 2 13/16 in. (13.5 x 7.1 cm)
ClassificationsFurnishings and Equipment
Credit LineBequest of Dr. David A. Cofrin
Object number2009.48.75
Collections
Visual DescriptionCoral enameled, firing crack to foot
A fine miniature cloisonné enamel vase of baluster form, the rounded body set with two high relief gilt-bronze mask handles and decorated with lotus flowers and leaves, the tall flared foot decorated with flower heads and leaf lappets, the tall flared neck similarly decorated. All enameled in red, yellow, white, light and dark green, pink, and lapis blue on a turquoise blue ground.
Chinese Artist
18th Century
A fine cloisonné enamel vase of globular bottle form with a cylindrical neck and low gilt foot rim, decorated with ruyi-head lappets at the foot and around the shoulder; the body decorated with formalized lotus flowers, leaves and stems; the neck decorated with flowers above tall leaf-form lappets; all enameled in red, yellow, white, lapis blue, light and dark green, and aubergine on a turquoise ground.
Chinese Artist
18th Century
Ovoid vase with mottled brown glaze and enameled floral design.
Kinkozan Studio
Meiji period (1868-1912), late 19th century
Interior of dish decorated with design of three phoenixes surrounding a stylized lotus blossom; the exterior also decorated with a band of phoenixes; six-character mark on base.

With shallow rounded sides rising to a slightly everted rim, brightly enameled with a central medallion of three archaistic phoenixes encircling a stylized lotus blossom borne on curling stems repeated in a frieze on the exterior, a border of C-shaped motifs enclosing a dot encircling the foot.
Chinese Artist
Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Daoguang reign (1821-1850)
Cloisonné enamel on metal with gilt bronze lion handles.
Chinese Artist
Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
Teadust Glazed Pear-Shaped Bottle Vase
Chinese Artist
Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), Qianlong period (1736-1795)
Basin with image of mother and children on a terrace.
Chinese Artist
Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), 1730s-1740s
Swatow (Shantou) Ware, Guangdong Province
Chinese Artist
Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)
Gourd-shaped flask with floral motifs on a turquoise ground.
Chinese Artist
Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), 17th Century
Swatow Dish with Islamic Inscriptions
Chinese Artist
Ming dynasty (1368-1644), 16th century
White porcelain dish with fish and water plants design.
Chinese Artist
Ming dynasty (1368-1644), 17th century
Jar with design of birds amoung magnolia and peony against a red hexagonal cell design.
Chinese Artist
Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Shunzhi period (1644-1662)
null