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Rosewater sprinkler or bottle vase with light brown and precious object and antiquities
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Rosewater sprinkler or bottle vase with light brown and precious object and antiquities

anonymous · c. 1700 - c. 1724 · 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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Rosewater dropper or scent bottle of porcelain with spherical body and pear-shaped neck, 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-colored glaze; the shoulder in underglaze blue with damask work alternating with a flower in a cartouche; the neck also in blue with precious objects (books) and antiquities (vase, scepter, books), above that two flower branches. Rim damaged; chip from the foot. Monochrome brown with underglaze blue.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineRosewater sprinkler or bottle vase with light brown and precious object and antiquities. c. 1700 - c. 1724. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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