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Pear-shaped bottle vase with auspicious symbols and petal borders
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Bottle-shaped vase of porcelain with a pear-shaped body and neck tapering upwards, painted in underglaze blue. On the belly luck symbols: antiquities (tripod, incense burner, painting scroll with plum branch, flower vase with chrysanthemum, book, dragon etc.). On the shoulder and outer rim a band with vines. On the neck a band with upright and one with hanging, pointed leaf motifs. Blue and white.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit linePear-shaped bottle vase with auspicious symbols and petal borders. c. 1680 - c. 1720. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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