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Bucket-shaped flowerpot with flowering plants, birds, dragons and diaper patterns
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Bucket-shaped flowerpot with flowering plants, birds, dragons and diaper patterns

anonymous · c. 1700 - c. 1899 · 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

Flower pot of porcelain in the shape of a bucket with handle, painted in underglaze blue. The basin is divided into two parts separated by a brown line, the upper part with a bird before bamboo and a bird before a flowering peony. The lower part with eight compartments with different types of napkin work. On the handle twice a three-clawed dragon chasing a pearl. The rim with a meander pattern. Marked on the underside with the eight-character mark of manufacturer Goradyu Shonzui (1577-1663). Two cracks in the basin near the handle. Blue and white.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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flowerpot
Credit lineBucket-shaped flowerpot with flowering plants, birds, dragons and diaper patterns. c. 1700 - c. 1899. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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