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Pear-shaped bottle vase with auspicious symbols and a woman with a fan
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Pear-shaped bottle vase with auspicious symbols and a woman with a fan

anonymous · c. 1680 - c. 1720 · 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 vase of porcelain with a pear-shaped body and long, narrow neck, painted in underglaze blue. The belly is divided into six compartments with in three of them lucky objects: antiquities (vase with plum branch, ruyi scepter, scrolls, incense burner). In the other three compartments a luck symbol with below it two fan-shaped cartouches with a terrace at a pavilion and a reclining woman with a fan at a table, fence and pavilion. Below books. The neck with standing and hanging, pointed leaf motifs and loose flowers. On the shoulder a band with floral scrolls, around the foot a band with loose flowers and on the rim a band with hatching. Two chips in the foot. Blue and white.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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flesvase
Credit linePear-shaped bottle vase with auspicious symbols and a woman with a fan. c. 1680 - c. 1720. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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