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Ewer with floral scrolls and funghi in a panel decoration
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Can of porcelain with a straight wall, flaring slightly upwards, sloping shoulder and a cylindrical neck with a high handle and an angular spout. Painted in underglaze blue. The belly is divided into eight compartments with different flower scrolls (e.g. peony, lotus); above that a continuous flower scroll. On the shoulder a band with petal-shaped cartouches with a mushroom (lingzhi); next to it a modeled, scalloped band. On the neck peony scrolls. The spout and the handle with loose flower branches. On the foot a band with scrollwork. Spout is reconstructed. Ming porcelain in blue and white.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineEwer with floral scrolls and funghi in a panel decoration. c. 1400 - c. 1424. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.