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Pear-shaped bottle vase with auspicious symbols, tassels and ornamental borders
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Bottle-shaped vase of porcelain with pear-shaped body and long neck, painted in underglaze blue. On the belly twice a vase on a low table. On the shoulder a band with hanging ruyi motifs with vines from which bows hang on the belly with tassels and scrolls attached. The neck with decorative bands and medallions with geometric motifs. On the rim a band with flower scrolls. A crack in the neck. Blue and white.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit linePear-shaped bottle vase with auspicious symbols, tassels and ornamental borders. c. 1700 - c. 1724. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.