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Covered jar with shishi, hoo-birds, flowering plants and floral scrolls
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Covered jar with shishi, hoo-birds, flowering plants and floral scrolls

anonymous · c. 1775 - c. 1824 · turning; vitrification; paint; gild; emailleren; fired; formed; glaze; cobalt (mineral); gold (metal); email; porcelain

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Cabinet set of porcelain with three lidded jars and two beaker vases, painted in underglaze blue and on the glaze red, black and gold. On the wall three large cartouches with a shishi between a flowering peony plant; the cartouches are separated by bands of scrollwork with therein a lobed cartouche with a hoo-bird surrounded by floral scrolls. Furthermore a broad band with chrysanthemum scrolls interrupted by lobed cartouches with a shishi by a plant and a band with lotus scrolls. On the foot a band with scrollwork. The lids with the same decoration; lid knob in the form of a shishi (lion-dog) on a rock. Imari.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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kaststel
Credit lineCovered jar with shishi, hoo-birds, flowering plants and floral scrolls. c. 1775 - c. 1824. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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