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Cylindrical vase with powder blue and a woman on a terrace
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Cylindrical vase with powder blue and a woman on a terrace

anonymous · c. 1700 - c. 1724 · turning; vitrification; paint; gild; emailleren; fired; 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

Roller-wagon vase of porcelain with flat shoulder, straight neck and flaring rim, painted in underglaze blue and on the glaze blue, red, green, yellow, aubergine, black and gold. The body is covered with bleu poudré (powder blue) with herein cut out two rectangular reserves with indented corners, the one filled with a woman with a twig sitting on a bench on a terrace with rocks and plants, the other with a woman sitting on a stool in an enclosed garden with rocks, plants and a tree; around the compartments a decoration in gold, between the compartments a flower vase, around the foot scrollwork, on the shoulder a swastika pattern alternated with compartments filled with antiquities, on the neck flower branches. The rim has been broken. Bleu poudré with famille verte.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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vaserolwagen
Credit lineCylindrical vase with powder blue and a woman on a terrace. c. 1700 - c. 1724. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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