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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Vase, Rock, Flowers, Butterflies, Qing dynasty, 1644–1911, Kangxi period, 1662–1722, China, Black lacquer, porcelain, inlaid, mother, pearl, H, 2 3/4, 7 cm, Diam, 8 1/4, 21, Ceramics, decorating, lacquer, pearl exemplifies, inventiveness, Chinese art, mid-seventeenth, early eighteenth, century, vase, marked, shape, common, works produced, reign, emperor
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