Vase

Museum number:
9-17866
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Accession number:
Acc.3439
Description:
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.
Donor:
Edward J. Mahoney Jr. and Mrs. E. J. Mahoney Jr.
Collection place:
China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Pottery and Vases
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
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.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with 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.Documentation associated with 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.

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