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Baluster covered jar with powder blue and flowering plants and animals in panel decoration
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Baluster covered jar 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.

About this work

Baluster-shaped lidded pot with long, spreading neck, painted in underglaze blue and on the glaze in gold. The pot is covered with bleu poudré (powder blue) and decorated with three rows of compartments: the bottom row has a different flowering plant or tree at a rock with insects in each compartment; 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 flower branches and butterflies; a double circle on the underside. The lid with worn decoration of four compartments with flowering plants on a rock and decorative border. Lid is restored. Bleu poudré with gold.

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

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