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Vase with Chi-Dragon Handles and Flowers and Birds
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This four-sided vase with ovoid body, spreading foot, and short neck is decorated with birds, trees, and flowers in various enamels. The two dragon handles are decorated with floral designs in gold on a rouge-de-fer ground.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineVase with Chi-Dragon Handles and Flowers and Birds, 1736–95. China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Qianlong mark and period (1736-95). Porcelain painted in polychrome enamels over transparent glaze; overall: 27.3 cm (10 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of John L. Severance, 1942.712
