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Baluster covered jar with lotus plants and cranes
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Baluster covered jar with lotus plants and cranes

anonymous · c. 1700 - c. 1724 · turning; vitrification; paint; slibtechniek; fired; glaze; copper (metal); cobalt (mineral); porcelain

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

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Baluster-shaped lidded pot of porcelain with a spreading foot and a broad neck. Painted in underglaze blue and red and a white slip. On the wall a continuous representation of a pond with lotus plants and standing and flying cranes. Around the foot and on the shoulder a decorative band. The neck with flower branches. Some cracks in the neck of the pot. Marked on the underside with an artemisia leaf in a double circle. Underglaze blue with copper red.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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Credit lineBaluster covered jar with lotus plants and cranes. c. 1700 - c. 1724. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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