Vase, by Het Moriaanshooft, c. 1685 - c. 1690
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Vase

Also titled Vaas

Het Moriaanshooft

c. 1685 - c. 1690

Medium
earthenware, tin glaze, faience
Classification
vase
Dimensions
diameter 10.8 cm
Museum
Rijksmuseum
Rights
Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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About this work

The Moriaanshooft pottery was known for its refined decorations in blue, red, black, gold and green. The depictions were based on late 17th-century Chinese porcelain. The potters may have also relied on imported Chinese woodcuts as a direct source for the imagery.