Vase

MOA: University of British Columbia

N1.107 a-b

Pair of identical red cloisonné vases with rounded sides, sloping shoulders, and a short neck capped with a brass rim. Each vase features two yellow, green and blue dragons. Scrolls and cloud patterns decorate the rim and base.


  • Type of Item vase
  • Culture Chinese
  • Material brass metal, enamel
  • Manufacturing Technique spun, cloisonne, soldered, enamelled
  • Measurements height 16.4 cm, diameter 9.2 cm (part a) height 16.3 cm, diameter 9.0 cm (part b)

  • Previous Owner Hellen Dunlop, Roy G. Dunlop
  • Received from Hellen Dunlop, Roy G. Dunlop, Leon & Thea Koerner Foundation, U.B.C. President's Fund

  • Made in China

  • Collection Date during 1960
  • Ownership Date before April 1962
  • Acquisition Date during April 1962

  • Item Classes metalwork
  • Condition good
  • Accession Number 0012/0001 a-b