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Square bottle with birds, flowering plants and pavilions
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Square flask of porcelain with a gilded, bronze lid, painted on the glaze in red, green, yellow, purple, black and gold. On the walls twice pavilions on an island with rocks and flowering plants (bamboo), a bird on a branch, and twice a flying bird by a prunus branch and bamboo. On the shoulder a band with prunus branches and a leaf motif; around the neck scrolls. On the neck a meander pattern. The lid is in the form of a swan with spread wings on a flower rosette. The rim is chipped. A chip in the foot and some cracks. Arita, decorated in Europe [?] in the Japanese Kakiemon style.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineSquare bottle with birds, flowering plants and pavilions. c. 1700 - c. 1724. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.