Object Record
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Metadata
Catalog Number |
2009.51a |
Object Name |
Vase |
Title |
Vase |
Artist |
Unknown |
Description |
Teal cloisonné vase covered with a small pattern of red flowers with green leaves. The top and bottom rims of the vase have a matching decorative blue, red, green and white border. Large white shapes are scattered on top of the teal pattern. Inside each of these different shapes are scenes of flowers, a mountain view, and a man holding a fan and staff. Matching bowl is 2009.55; larger vase is 2009.56. Paired with 2009.51b |
Label |
This cloisonné vase, along with matching 2009.51b, was given to Assistant APS Librarian Gertrude D. Hess by APS Librarian Dr. William E. Lingelbach, in appreciation of her assistance in the transfer of library collections to Library Hall in 1959. With the construction of Library Hall, APS library collections were moved from Philosophical Hall, the original building of the APS, to a more spacious location with capability for greater reader access. Cloisonné refers to an enameling technique, in which metal strips are soldered to a surface in the outline of a design and then filled with enamel paste. Cloisonné was popularized in China, and Western societies reproduced Chinese-style designs. |
Medium |
Cloisonne on bronze |
Dimensions |
H-8.25 Cir-15.5 inches |
Credit line |
American Philosophical Society. Gift of Gertrude Hess, 1971. |
Search Terms |
tableware |