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Pear-shaped bottle vase with panels with lotus scrolls
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Pear-shaped bottle vase with panels with lotus scrolls

anonymous · c. 1700 - c. 1724 · turning; vitrification; paint; fired; glaze; cobalt (mineral); porcelain

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

About this work

Bottle-shaped porcelain vase, the pear-shaped body flowing into a narrow neck, painted in underglaze blue. On the wall, four connected, lobed cartouches filled with blue with here carved-out lotus vines; round foot and around the shoulder a band with ruyi motifs closed by a narrow band with geometric patterns; the neck with a geometric motif with four lobed cartouches with vines. Marked on the underside with an artemisia leaf. Blue and white.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
flesvase
Credit linePear-shaped bottle vase with panels with lotus scrolls. c. 1700 - c. 1724. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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