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Baluster vase with powder blue and flowering plants and animals in panel decoration
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Baluster vase with powder blue and flowering plants and animals in panel decoration

anonymous · c. 1700 - c. 1724 · turning; vitrification; paint; fired; glaze; cobalt (mineral); gold (metal); porcelain

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

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Baluster-shaped vase with long, spreading neck, painted in underglaze blue and on the glaze gold. The vase is covered with bleu poudré (powder blue) and decorated with three rows of compartments: the bottom row has in each compartment a different flowering plant or tree by a rock with insects; the second row also with four different flowering plants (lotus, chrysanthemum, prunus, peony) with birds and/or butterflies. Around the neck four compartments with different floral sprays and butterflies; a double circle on the underside. Bleu poudré with gold.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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vase
Credit lineBaluster vase with powder blue and flowering plants and animals in panel decoration. c. 1700 - c. 1724. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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