Bottle with Birds and Peony Scroll

Bottle with Birds and Peony Scroll

Unknown artist

Details

Dimensions
H. 15 1/4 in. (38.7 cm) Diam. of base: 6 in. (15.2 cm)
Origin
Vietnam
Department
Asian Art
Holding institution
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
License
CC0-1.0
Credit
Gift of Betty and John R. Menke, 1991

Art Genome Taxonomy

10 tags

Subject Matter

  • Animals Both · 99%

    Birds are named in the museum subject metadata and are visibly repeated around the upper body of the vessel.

  • Flora Both · 98%

    Flowers are named in the museum subject metadata, while the image visibly shows a large central bloom, leaves, and curling vegetal stems.

Visual Qualities

  • Patterns Visual · 98%

    Repeated birds, floral motifs, scrolls, framed panels, and horizontal borders form a patterned decorative system across the visible surface.

  • Highly Ornamented Visual · 95%

    The visible body is extensively covered with painted motifs, borders, panels, and scrolling ornament.

  • Curvilinear Forms Visual · 92%

    The decoration includes curling stems, rounded floral forms, cloud-like scrolls, and the vessel's swelling profile.

Medium and Techniques

  • Painting Metadata · 99%

    The museum describes the stoneware as painted with cobalt blue beneath a transparent glaze; painted surface decoration is clearly visible in the image.

Time Periods

  • 15th Century Art Metadata · 99%

    The museum dates the object to the 15th century, with a date range of 1400–1499.

Geographic Regions

  • Asian Art Metadata · 96%

    The recorded place of origin is Vietnam, and the work is held in the museum's Asian Art department.

Materials

  • Ceramic Metadata · 99%

    The museum identifies the medium as stoneware painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze and classifies the object as ceramics.

Tableware, Vessels, and Objects

  • Vessel Metadata · 99%

    The museum classifies the object as a bottle, and its form is visibly that of a large open-mouthed vessel.

Source & rights

Unknown artist. Bottle with Birds and Peony Scroll. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.