Cistern Floriated Decoration

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From a very large cistern in cloisonné enamel.

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Artist

Name:
Jones, Owen
Dates:
1809-1874
Country:
UK

Illustration

Subject:
Ornaments & Patterns
Technique:
Lithograph
Format:
Landscape (wider)
Source:
The library of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:
Examples of Chinese ornament
Author:
Jones, Owen
Publisher:
London: S. & T. Gilbert, 1867
Open Library:
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Description:

Floral pattern with ornamental, meandering scrolls and volutes against a turquoise blue background. This ornament is described as follows by the author:

From a very large cistern in cloisonné enamel. This magnificent composition is in every way Chinese, and is the very perfection of conventional ornamentation, perfect in distribution of form and colour.

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