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Cylindrical vase with powder blue and panels with figures and animals in landscapes
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Cylindrical vase with powder blue and panels with figures and animals in landscapes

anonymous · c. 1700 - c. 1724 · 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 vase of porcelain with a broad, straight neck and upstanding rim, decorated in underglaze blue. The vase is covered with powder blue with hereincut differently shaped cartouches. On the body two elongated cartouches with in one a woman in the window of a pavilion with in front a man on a dragon above swirling waves. In the other two ducks at the shore of a river and a third duck flying in the air. Between the elongated cartouches two smaller ones: a fan-shaped cartouche with flowering plants at a rock and a quatrefoil with a hare. On the other side in the quatrefoil a shrimp between water plants. Powder blue with blue-and-white.

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Credit lineCilindrical vase with powder blue and panels with figures and animals in landscapes. c. 1700 - c. 1724. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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