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Rosewater sprinkler with light brown and precious object and antiquities
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Rosewater water dropper or point bottle of porcelain with pear-shaped body, covered with a café-au-lait glaze and painted in underglaze blue. The lower part of the body is covered with a light brown glaze above which a band with a thick cream-coloured glaze; the upper part in underglaze blue with a geometric band alternated with a flower in a medallion, above it valuables (rhombus, music stone, artemisia leaf) and antiquities (vase, tripod, sceptre, books); the neck with pointed leaf motifs. Rim damaged. Monochrome brown with blue and white.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineRosewater sprinkler with light brown and precious object and antiquities. c. 1700. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.