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Covered, ovoid jar with antiquities and flower sprays
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Egg-shaped lidded pot of porcelain, painted in underglaze blue and on the glaze blue, red, green, yellow, aubergine, black and gold. On the wall four cartouches with scalloped edges filled with antiquities and a fan shape with a figure at two towers, between the compartments flowering branches; around the foot a decorative band of leaf-shaped points, above this a band with half-flower rosettes with scrollwork; around the shoulder a decorative border with half-flower rosettes and one with a ruyi motif. Marked on the underside with a rhombus in green and black enamel in a double circle. Famille verte.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineCovered, ovoid jar with antiquities and flower sprays. c. 1700 - c. 1724. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.