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Square bough pot with figures on a terrace, birds and flower sprays
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Square porcelain flower pot or vase on spreading foot and flaring body, painted on the glaze in blue, red, pink, green, yellow, purple, black, and gold. The body covered with reticulated work containing irregularly shaped cartouches with figures on a terrace before a pavilion or three birds on a branch; on the foot scrolls with a carved-out cartouche containing birds and plants. Matching separate plate on top with five holes for loose flowers, decorated with flower branches. Contemporary silver handles. The plate has been broken; a crack in the vase. European forms with Famille rose/Mandarin.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineSquare bough pot with figures on a terrace, birds and flower sprays. c. 1770 - c. 1790. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.