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Helmet-shaped ewer with a face, animals and flower sprays
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Helmet-shaped ewer with a face, animals and flower sprays

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

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

About this work

Helmet-shaped vase on a porcelain foot, painted on the glaze in blue, red, green, yellow, aubergine, black and gold. On the body a broad band with flowering plants with a bird and two butterflies, below and above a decorative band; around the foot a band with lotus leaves with flower branches against a green-speckled ground; on either side of the spout chrysanthemum branches; the rim with a colored band and one with flower branches against a speckled ground. On the spout a face with headgear in relief; the handle with a flower scroll and cloud motif. Multiple chips in the rim and the handle. Famille verte.

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Credit lineHelmet-shaped ewer with a face, animals and flower sprays. c. 1700 - c. 1724. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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