Bottle Vase with Lions, Balls, and Tassels

1675-1725 H: 17 1/8 in. (43.5 cm) Citation Source image

This bottle vase's globular body and tall straight neck are painted with designs in underglaze cobalt blue on white porcelain. A series of Fu Lions are depicted playing with brocaded balls, tassels waving lively around the bounding animals. The lions, characterized by their ma...

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3900
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Graves Sale, American Art Association, 1909, no. 404; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; by bequest by Walters Art Museum, 1931.
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