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Pear-shaped bottle vase with river landscapes and flower sprays
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Pear-shaped bottle vase with river landscapes and flower sprays

anonymous · c. 1680 - c. 1720 · turning; vitrification; paint; fired; glaze; cobalt (mineral); porcelain

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

About this work

Bottle-shaped vase (knobbed bottle) of porcelain with pear-shaped body and thickening in the neck, painted in underglaze blue. On the wall four compartments: a river landscape with rocks and trees, one with a figure at the water's edge, rocks and birds, two with a flower branch on a rock; the shoulder with a decorative band with floral scrolls in reserve and four times a ruyi motif; on the neck four flower branches; the thickening with a band ruyi motifs; the rim with flower branches. A chip in the foot. Blue and white.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit linePear-shaped bottle vase with river landscapes and flower sprays. c. 1680 - c. 1720. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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