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Pear-shaped bottle vase with floral scrolls
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Bottle-shaped vase of porcelain with a pear-shaped body and spreading neck, painted in underglaze blue. On the body four times a lobed cartouche, connected to each other. In the cartouches lotus scrolls cut out in a blue background. Above and below flower scrolls. The neck with lacework interrupted by lobed cartouches with flower scrolls. Above the foot and on the outer rim a band with a zigzag pattern. Blue-and-white.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit linePear-shaped bottle vase with floral scrolls. c. 1680 - c. 1720. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.