Bottle Vase with Floral Designs
This globular bottle vase is painted with underglaze cobalt blue designs on white porcelain. Archaic dragons that camouflage seamlessly with the floral scrolls surrounding them hold the flowers in their mouths to frame the character "shou", meaning longevity. Ruyi heads, trefo...
Artifact
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id
3571
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| contentType |
contentType
object
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| stage |
stage
normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
William T. or Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore, prior to 1899 [mode of acquisition unknown]; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
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| rightsUri |
rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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| pageCount |
pageCount
1
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source
import
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Source image fields (5)
| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_49.1635_Fnt_BW_PL90.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_49.1635_Fnt_BW_PL90.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_49.1635_Fnt_BW_PL90.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/49.1635 |