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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 porcelain bottle, 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 plum branch and bamboo. On the shoulder a band with plum branches and a leaf motif; around the neck vines. On the neck a meander pattern. The rim is bevelled. A chip in the foot and several 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.