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Beaker vase with flowering plants, birds and butterflies in panel decoration
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Beaker vase with flowering plants, birds and butterflies in panel decoration

anonymous · c. 1800 - c. 1899 · 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

Baluster-shaped ewer of porcelain with a trumpet-shaped neck, painted in underglaze blue and on the glaze in blue, red, green, yellow, aubergine, black, and gold. The vase is covered with stylized flowers on black scrolling against a green ground; in reserve, variously shaped compartments: two rectangular compartments with peony or prunus on a rock with a bird; two pomegranate-shaped compartments with a flower branch and prunus branch with a bird; two oval compartments with a fish; the shoulder with stylized flower scrolls against a black-dotted green ground alternating with a flower branch in a cartouche; on the neck, two rectangular compartments in reserve with a peony or chrysanthemum on a rock with a bird; the rim with a zigzag and meander pattern. On the underside, a double circle. The neck was previously broken. Famille verte.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineBeaker vase with flowering plants, birds and butterflies in panel decoration. c. 1800 - c. 1899. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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