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Baluster covered jar with flowering plants and auspicious symbols in panels
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Baluster covered jar with flowering plants and auspicious symbols in panels

anonymous · c. 1680 - c. 1720 · turning; vitrification; paint; gild; fired; glaze; cobalt (mineral); gold (metal); porcelain

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

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Lid of a baluster-shaped lidded pot of porcelain with a broad neck, painted in underglaze blue and with gold overglaze. The body is divided into three rows with scalloped rectangular compartments alternating between a flowering plant near a rock and symbols of good fortune and antiquities. On the neck, a band with lotus scrolls cut out against a blue background. The underside is unglazed. Blue and white with gold enamel.

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Credit lineBaluster covered jar with flowering plants and auspicious symbols in panels. c. 1680 - c. 1720. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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