Miniature Vase with Birds and Chrysanthemums

A small pear-shaped porcelain vase with a flared neck and two blue-and-white scrolled handles. Two brown sparrows perch on a branch of pink blossoms, while purple, pink and yellow chrysanthemums and green leaves rise over blue rockwork near the base.

Look closer: Faint pink and yellow flower shapes are partly hidden on the right edge of the vase, near the shoulder.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1736–95

Medium

porcelain with famille rose overglaze enamel decoration

Source

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Size

2268 × 3355 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Collection