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Ewer with flowering plants, flower sprays and floral scrolls
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Ewer with flowering plants, flower sprays and floral scrolls

anonymous · c. 1650 - c. 1680 · turning; vitrification; paint; fired; formed; glaze; cobalt (mineral); porcelain

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

About this work

Porcelain bottle with a pear-shaped body, C-shaped handle, and curved spout attached to the neck, decorated in underglaze blue. On the belly, two groups of flowering plants with a bird and insects. The shoulder features a decorative band and two flowering branches. The neck has a band with floral scrolls, two flowering branches, and a butterfly. The spout is decorated with floral scrolls and the handle with a leafy branch. A decorative band surrounds the foot ring. There is a hole on top of the handle for a mount. Sandstone on the foot ring; a chip in the rim and in the spout. Arita, blue and white.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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Credit lineEwer with flowering plants, flower sprays en floral scrolls. c. 1650 - c. 1680. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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