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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

Rolwagen vase of porcelain with flat shoulder, straight neck, and flaring rim, painted in underglaze blue and overglaze blue, red, green, yellow, aubergine, black, and gold. The sides are covered with bleu poudré (powdered blue) with two rectangular compartments with indented corners reserved, one filled with a woman with a broom on a terrace with a bench, surrounded by rocks and plants, the other with a woman with a twig and a fan in an enclosed garden with a bench and stool, surrounded by 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 alternating with compartments filled with antiquities, on the neck floral branches. The rim is broken. Bleu poudré with famille verte.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
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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