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Vase

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Relief decorations of dragons appear around the body of this flower vase.

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Confrontations between tigers and dragons appear on a variety of blue and white porcelain types to represent complimentary opposites.

Brush Washer with Dragons

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This brush washer sits low on a round foot-rim, bulging around its middle and then narrowing to create a round open mouth.

Gourd-Shaped Vase

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This two-lobed gourd-shaped vase consists of a grayish white porcelain body covered in a finely crackled glaze.

Large Vase with Pierced Hangles Imitation Guan Ware

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This pear-shaped vase sits on a flared foot with an augmented rim. The body is modestly decorated with three sets of double rings.

Vase with a Scene from a Novel

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The meiping (plum vase) porcelain type acted as a dynamic surface for paintings, including the narrative seen on this blue and white vessel.

Snuff Bottle with School Masters and Boys at Play

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Snuff bottles with designs painted in blue were produced in great quantities throughout most of the 19th century.

Jar

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The meiping shaped jar, with broad round shoulders and narrowed everted foot, is decorated on four sides with composite mystical creatures that combin

Plate with Prunus Blossoms

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This plate is decorate with plum blossoms reserved in white against a deep cobalt blue ground which is said to resemble the cracking of an icy river a

Dish with Peaches and Bats

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The famille-rose glazing technique utilized on this decorative plate was invented during the Yongzheng reign (1722-1735) of the Qing dynasty.

Vase with Archaic Designs

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The form and decoration of this porcelain vase takes inspiration from archaic bronze vessels.

Visit of the Queen Mother of the West

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The Queen Mother of the West (Hsi Wang Mu) has paid but a single visit to earth, in 110 BC, when Emperor Wu Ti of the Han dynasty received her.

Vase with Lions and Tasseled Balls

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This vase's cylindrical body and flared neck depict nine lions playing with brocaded balls with waving tassels, a reoccurring subject of Chinese

Architectural Panels with Scenes from a Bodhisattva Legend

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These panels, carved in low relief, must have originally adorned a Buddhist structure, perhaps a pagoda somewhere in northernmost China.

Wine Cup

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This bell-shaped cup with flared mouth rests on branches of flowering plum and flowering magnolia which form a cradle for the cup and creep up the ext

Vase with Silver Lid

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Each of the four sides of this miniature vase is painted in underglaze cobalt blue depicting female figures.

One Piece of a Mantle Garniture in the Lange Eleizen (Tall Gal) Pattern

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This trumpet shaped vase with a bulge in the center is one of a pair that composes the outer pieces to a mantle garniture.

One Piece of a Mantle Garniture in the Lange Eleizen (Tall Gal) Pattern

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This trumpet shaped vase with a bulge in the center is one of a pair that composes the outer pieces to a mantle garniture.

Wine Jar with Tree in Form of 'Long Life' Character

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This wine jar of globular shape is painted with underglaze blue symbols of immortality.

Plate with Reserved Plum Blossoms

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Reserved into the paste of the porcelain of this plate are branches of plum blossoms.

Temple Incense Burner with Taoist God Zhenwu

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Around the cylindrical body of this incense burner is painted the Taoist god Zhenwu flanked by figures with animal heads that emerge from the water ho