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Bottle

anonymous · c. 1700 - c. 1724 · turning; vitrification; paint; gild; emailleren; fired; glaze; gold (metal); email; porcelain

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Painted over the glaze of this bottle is a landscape with three men: one carries a firearm, another wears a tiger skin and holds a spear, and a third fights a tiger with his bare hands. This is a scene from the outlaw novel Tale of the Water Margin (Shuihu zhuan), in which the noble bandit Wu Song defeats a tiger.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description

Subjects

vase

Credit lineBottle. c. 1700 - c. 1724. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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