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Baluster bottle vase with a dragon and incised waves and rocks
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Baluster bottle vase with a dragon and incised waves and rocks

anonymous · c. 1680 - c. 1720 · turning; vitrification; paint; 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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Bottle-shaped vase with baluster-shaped body of porcelain, painted in underglaze blue, red and brown. The body is covered with powder blue with incised waves and rocks on the wall; around the shoulder a border with a ruyi motif; the base of the neck with a brown border; on the neck a dragon. Marked on the underside with an artemisia leaf in a double circle. Two chips in the rim. Underglaze blue with copper red.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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flesvase
Credit lineBaluster bottle vase with a dragon and incised waves and rocks. c. 1680 - c. 1720. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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