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Square bottle with the Crucifixion and stylised flowers
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Square bottle with the Crucifixion and stylised flowers

anonymous · c. 1750 - c. 1799 · vitrification; blocked; appliqué (techniek); relief (sculpture technique); fired; formed; ingriffen; stoneware; glaze; cobalt (mineral)

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

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Stoneware bottle with a square body, rounded shoulder, and narrow neck with a screw thread. Partially covered with cobalt blue. On one side, a small stamped and applied relief of the Crucifixion with two Marys surrounded by an incised leaf wreath. Below, two stylized flowers. The other three sides feature a long, stylized incised flower in a gate-like form. On the shoulder, eight stamped rosettes cut out in blue. The lid is missing. Westerwald.

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Credit lineSquare bottle with the Crucifixion and stylised flowers. c. 1750 - c. 1799. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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