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Scent bottle with cranes and flowering plants
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Scent bottle with cranes and flowering plants

anonymous · c. 1800 - c. 1899 · turning; vitrification; paint; emailleren; fired; formed; glaze; copper (metal); email; porcelain

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

About this work

Perfume bottle of porcelain, painted on the glaze in blue, pink, green, yellow and black. Decorated on the body with a pond in which two cranes stand among flowering plants. The lid with loose flower branches and a type of flowering bamboo. The bottle is fitted with a brass mount, to which the lid is also attached. The mount comes with a small cork with a glass or crystal knob.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
vinaigrette
Credit lineScent bottle with cranes and flowering plants. c. 1800 - c. 1899. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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