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Vase with ornamental borders and lion heads with ring handles
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Vase with ornamental borders and lion heads with ring handles

anonymous · c. 1800 - c. 1900 · turning; vitrification; paint; fired; glaze; bronze paint; porcelain

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Porcelain vase with a high, spreading foot, globular body, and wide, flaring neck, covered with a monochrome white, crazed glaze. On the vase, several bronze-colored bands; on the foot, a band with hanging, pointed leaf motifs, around the foot a band with 'taotie' masks, on the shoulder a meander band and one with ruyi motifs, around the rim also a band with ruyi motifs; on the neck two modeled lion heads with ring-shaped ears. On the underside, a stamped, unidentified mark. Monochromes.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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vase
Credit lineVase with ornamental borders and lion heads with ring handles. c. 1800 - c. 1900. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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