Vase, one of a pair (to LL 6755), with ovoid body, straight neck, dome-shaped cover, and spreading base.  On the sides, chrysanthemum scroll, the flowers gilt, the larger leaves touched with pale green, the background diapered with small foliage in white on coral-red ground; borders of ju-i heads in blue above and formal gadroon ornament below.  On the shoulders, a brocade band with flowers and archaic dragons in colour on netted green ground; lotus scroll in red on the neck.  Borders of key fret and cash patterns; rings of underglaze blue on the neck, shoulders and above the base.  Empty double ring under the base.

Vase and cover | National Museums Liverpool

title

Vase, one of a pair (to LL 6755), with ovoid body, straight neck, dome-shaped cover, and spreading base. On the sides, chrysanthemum scroll, the flowers gilt, the larger leaves touched with pale green, the background diapered with small foliage in white on coral-red ground; borders of ju-i heads in blue above and formal gadroon ornament below. On the shoulders, a brocade band with flowers and archaic dragons in colour on netted green ground; lotus scroll in red on the neck. Borders of key fret and cash patterns; rings of underglaze blue on the neck, shoulders and above the base. Empty double ring under the base.

Vase and cover

Information