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Tall Vase with Dragon Handles

1869

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Tall Vase with Dragon Handles

1869

Physical Qualities Porcelain with cobalt blue and transparent glazes, 34-1/4 in. H (87 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. R. Austin Tydings
Object Number 1978.88
Low-relief decoration reserved in white against dark blue ground. Open dragon- form handles; on neck, a pair of magpies with a young bird in prunus tree, between a bamboo tree and lotus. Scalloped border around top of shoulder; two pairs of confronted dragons and lotus scroll decorate the shoulder. On body, four panels depict two monkeys seated in pine tree, pairs of cranes and deer beneath a tree, pair of confronted magpies, and two cranes in a lotus pond.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1978; Mr. and Mrs. R. Austin Tydings, Baltimore

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