Bottle with Birds and Peony Scroll
Details
- Palette
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- 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
- Image provider
- metropolitan-museum-of-art
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- Gift of Betty and John R. Menke, 1991
Art Genome Taxonomy
10 tags
Subject Matter
Visual Qualities
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Patterns Visual · 98%
Repeated birds, floral motifs, scrolls, framed panels, and horizontal borders form a patterned decorative system across the visible surface.
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Highly Ornamented Visual · 95%
The visible body is extensively covered with painted motifs, borders, panels, and scrolling ornament.
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Curvilinear Forms Visual · 92%
The decoration includes curling stems, rounded floral forms, cloud-like scrolls, and the vessel's swelling profile.
Medium and Techniques
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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
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15th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The museum dates the object to the 15th century, with a date range of 1400–1499.
Geographic Regions
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Asian Art Metadata · 96%
The recorded place of origin is Vietnam, and the work is held in the museum's Asian Art department.
Materials
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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
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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.