Vase with Rock, Flowers, and Butterflies, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Kangxi period (1662–1722), China, Black lacquer

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Vase with Rock, Flowers, and Butterflies, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Kangxi period (1662–1722), China, Black lacquer over porcelain, inlaid with mother-of-pearl, H. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm); Diam. 8 1/4 in. (21 cm), Ceramics, The decorating of porcelain with lacquer and mother-of-pearl exemplifies the inventiveness of Chinese art from the mid-seventeenth to the early eighteenth century. Although the vase is not marked, the shape is common among works produced during the reign of the Kangxi emperor

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License: Licensed
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