Object class: Vessels (containers) / Donor: Mrs. E. J. Mahoney Jr. / Function: 4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Object class Vessels (containers) Donor Mrs. E. J. Mahoney Jr. Function 4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings

Hearst Museum object titled Vase, accession number 9-17866, described as Vase, large with two opposing carrying handles. Cloisonne on bronze. Bowl-shaped body and tall pinched cylindrical neck. handles attached at neck. Unfinished squat cylindrical base and wide mouth rim. Neck decorated with two central panels depicting a multicolored motifs on turquoise background, a single band of "stiff leaves" predominately red and white around edge at top and bottom. Body divided into two distinct banded motifs. Upper band depicts multicolored t'ao-t'ieh mass alternating with red, white and blue thunder clouds. Lower band multicolored stylized lotus and scrolls. Ground for both bands is turquoise.