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Cilindrical bottle vase with auspicious symbols, scrolls and petal borders
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Cilindrical bottle vase with auspicious symbols, scrolls and petal borders

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.

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Cylindrical, bottle-shaped vase of porcelain with a flat shoulder and short, wide, flaring neck, painted in underglaze blue. On the body a band with lucky objects (coin, scrolls). Below and above a band with vines and one with pointed leaf motifs with cut-out vines. On the shoulder lotus vines. The neck with two bands with pointed leaf motifs. A chip in the rim and in the foot. Blue and white.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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flesvase
Credit lineCilindrical bottle vase with auspicious symbols, scrolls and petal borders. c. 1680 - c. 1720. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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