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Pear-shaped covered jar with precious objects and flower sprays
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Pear-shaped lidded jar on foot of porcelain with two handles whose tops are modeled in a monster head, painted in underglaze blue. On the body large lotus flowers and flower branches between which a lobed cartouche with scrolls, books, artemisia leaf and two overlapping fan-shaped compartments one with a man on a terrace with pavilion and flower branches; the foot with a zig-zag pattern; the rim with flower scrolls; the lid with treasures (pearl, diamond) and luck symbols and flower branches, separated by a wavy line. Blue and white.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit linePear-shaped covered jar with precious objects and flower sprays. c. 1700 - c. 1724. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.