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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.

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Lid of a baluster-shaped lidded jar of porcelain, painted in underglaze blue and overglaze red, black and gold. Decorated with three large cartouches with a shishi between a blooming peony plant; the cartouches are separated by bands of scrollwork containing a lobed cartouche. On the rim a band with lotus scrolls. Lid knob in the form of a shishi on a rock. The tail is broken off. Part of a cabinet set. Imari.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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liddekselpot
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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