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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. 1720 · turning; vitrification; paint; 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 flat 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 twig and fan next to a stool on a terrace with rocks and plants, the other with a woman with a twig next to a table 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 alternating with compartments filled with antiquities, on the neck floral branches. 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. 1720. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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