Pot w/ 2 handles, enamel on metal

Museum number:
9-14561
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090014561
Accession number:
Acc.3439
Description:
Vase, bronze, urn shaped with two opposing ch'i-lin headed handles attached at neck. Decorated with three bands of champleve enamels: mid-neck, neck base, upper body. Mid neck motifs include thunder clouds and archaic dragons. Body band, continuous flower and leaf motif. Predominate colors: cobalt blue, white, red, black, green; on turquoise grounds. Undecorated portions finished with antique-looking, dark lacquer. 30 cm h. bronze, glass enamel, lacquer. Casting champleve. Chu, Arthur and Grace; 1975, Oriental Cloisonne and Other Enamels: A Guide to Collecting and Repair; New york: Crown Publishers, Inc. 13-31
Donor:
Edward J. Mahoney Jr. and Mrs. E. J. Mahoney Jr.
Collection place:
China
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dragons
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Pot w/ 2 handles, enamel on metal, accession number 9-14561, described as Vase, bronze, urn shaped with two opposing ch'i-lin headed handles attached at neck. Decorated with three bands of champleve enamels: mid-neck, neck base, upper body. Mid neck motifs include thunder clouds and archaic dragons. Body band, continuous flower and leaf motif. Predominate colors: cobalt blue, white, red, black, green; on turquoise grounds. Undecorated portions finished with antique-looking, dark lacquer. 30 cm h. bronze, glass enamel, lacquer. Casting champleve. Chu, Arthur and Grace; 1975, Oriental Cloisonne and Other Enamels: A Guide to Collecting and Repair; New york: Crown Publishers, Inc. 13-31Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Pot w/ 2 handles, enamel on metal, accession number 9-14561, described as Vase, bronze, urn shaped with two opposing ch'i-lin headed handles attached at neck. Decorated with three bands of champleve enamels: mid-neck, neck base, upper body. Mid neck motifs include thunder clouds and archaic dragons. Body band, continuous flower and leaf motif. Predominate colors: cobalt blue, white, red, black, green; on turquoise grounds. Undecorated portions finished with antique-looking, dark lacquer. 30 cm h. bronze, glass enamel, lacquer. Casting champleve. Chu, Arthur and Grace; 1975, Oriental Cloisonne and Other Enamels: A Guide to Collecting and Repair; New york: Crown Publishers, Inc. 13-31
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pot w/ 2 handles, enamel on metal, accession number 9-14561, described as Vase, bronze, urn shaped with two opposing ch'i-lin headed handles attached at neck. Decorated with three bands of champleve enamels: mid-neck, neck base, upper body. Mid neck motifs include thunder clouds and archaic dragons. Body band, continuous flower and leaf motif. Predominate colors: cobalt blue, white, red, black, green; on turquoise grounds. Undecorated portions finished with antique-looking, dark lacquer. 30 cm h. bronze, glass enamel, lacquer. Casting champleve. Chu, Arthur and Grace; 1975, Oriental Cloisonne and Other Enamels: A Guide to Collecting and Repair; New york: Crown Publishers, Inc. 13-31Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pot w/ 2 handles, enamel on metal, accession number 9-14561, described as Vase, bronze, urn shaped with two opposing ch'i-lin headed handles attached at neck. Decorated with three bands of champleve enamels: mid-neck, neck base, upper body. Mid neck motifs include thunder clouds and archaic dragons. Body band, continuous flower and leaf motif. Predominate colors: cobalt blue, white, red, black, green; on turquoise grounds. Undecorated portions finished with antique-looking, dark lacquer. 30 cm h. bronze, glass enamel, lacquer. Casting champleve. Chu, Arthur and Grace; 1975, Oriental Cloisonne and Other Enamels: A Guide to Collecting and Repair; New york: Crown Publishers, Inc. 13-31

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