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Pear-shaped bottle vase with flowering plants and auspicious objects
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Pear-shaped bottle vase with flowering plants and auspicious objects

anonymous · c. 1600 - c. 1649 · 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

Bottle-shaped porcelain vase with a pear-shaped body and a slightly spreading neck, painted in underglaze blue. The outer wall is modeled on the belly in broad and narrow, rectangular panels. In the broad panels alternately a flowering plant on a rock or brushes with a luck symbol (gourd, scroll); the narrow panels with stripes and dots. On the neck narrow, rectangular panels with bead pendants with tassels. The panels are interrupted by a band with ruyi motifs. On the outer edge a band with ruyi motifs. Around the foot a decorative band. Kraak porcelain in blue and white.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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flesvase
Credit linePear-shaped bottle vase with flowering plants and auspicious objects. c. 1600 - c. 1649. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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