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Pear-shaped bottle vase with flowering plants
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Pear-shaped bottle vase with flowering plants

anonymous · c. 1680 - c. 1720 · 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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Bottle-shaped vase of porcelain with a pear-shaped body and spreading neck, painted in underglaze blue. On the body flowering plants, the four seasonal flowers, depicted: peony (spring), lotus (summer), chrysanthemum (autumn) and prunus (winter). On the neck flower scrolls and butterflies. Above the foot, on the rim and the shoulder a band with flower scrolls. Blue-and-white.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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flesvase
Credit linePear-shaped bottle vase with flowering plants. c. 1680 - c. 1720. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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