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Vase
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
The potter Ernest Chaplet was a master in experimental firing techniques, which he knew from Chinese and Japanese art. The copper-red colour on this vase, for example, called sang de boeuf (oxblood), comes from Chinese porcelain of the Kangxi period (1654-1772). Chaplet jealously guarded the techniques he developed, even going so far as to destroy his notebooks at the end of his life.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineVaas. c. 1888 - c. 1895. Ernest Chaplet. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
