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Elegant porcelain vases with intricate designs, showcasing floral motifs, colorful patterns, and historical craftsmanship.

Covered baluster jar with large flower sprays, anonymous, c. 1720 - c. 1740 Cover button of Balus -shaped porcelain lid jar in the shape of a lion, painted in underly glaze blue and on the glaze red and gold. Painted with two large, flowering lotus plants; Around the edge of servetwork with flower branches in cartouches. Imari. Japan porcelain. glaze. cobalt (mineral). gold (metal) painting / gilding / vitrification Cover button of Balus -shaped porcelain lid jar in the shape of a lion, painted in underly glaze blue and on the glaze red and gold. Painted with two large, flowering lotus plants; Around the edge of servetwork with flower branches in cartouches. Imari. Japan porcelain. glaze. cobalt (mineral). gold (metal) painting / gilding / vitrification
Covered baluster jar with large flower sprays, anonymous, c. 1720 - c. 1740 Cover button of Balus -shaped porcelain lid jar in the shape of a lion, painted in underly glaze blue and on the glaze red and gold. Painted with two large, flowering lotus plants; Around the edge of servetwork with flower branches in cartouches. Imari. Japan porcelain. glaze. cobalt (mineral). gold (metal) painting / gilding / vitrification Cover button of Balus -shaped porcelain lid jar in the shape of a lion, painted in underly glaze blue and on the glaze red and gold. Painted with two large, flowering lotus plants; Around the edge of servetwork with flower branches in cartouches. Imari. Japan porcelain. glaze. cobalt (mineral). gold (metal) painting / gilding / vitrification
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OilLampJug, 1850. England, Staffordshire, Burslem, 19th century. Parian ware with metal rim and cover; overall: 24.2 cm (9 1/2 in.).Bottle, painted in cobalt underglaze with spiral scrolls from Kütahya, Turkey. Dated 16th CenturyScent bottle. Artist: Ginsburg. Culture: British, probably Bristol. Dimensions: Height: 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm). Date: ca. 1770-90. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Chinese, Perfume bottle, porcelain.Apothecary bottle with Lucretia, anonymous, c. 1530 - c. 1560 Bottle -shaped pharmacy bottle of multicolored painted Majolica. The vase has two triangular, twisted ears. Along the bottom edge of the abdomen is a banderolle painted with inscription: Aqua Boraginis (water of Bernagie) in Gothic letters. Above that, on a triangular field of yellow and blue, a bust of Lucretia that gives herself the death blow. The show is framed by a wide track with tantranks on blue. At the top of the neck a blue and white palmet on orange; Along the top edge orange ranks on a blue track. Sketchy tendrils are painted in blue on the back. Castelli earthenware. tin glaze. lead glaze majolica Bottle -shaped pharmacy bottle of multicolored painted Majolica. The vase has two triangular, twisted ears. Along the bottom edge of the abdomen is a banderolle painted with inscription: Aqua Boraginis (water of Bernagie) in Gothic letters. Above that, on a triangular field of yellow and blue, a bust of Lucretia that gMiniature Painting On Paper Surahi Copyright: xBhagwandasxRupani/DinodiaxPhotox'Another View of the Same Vase with Chinese Inscription', 1736-1796, (1927). Artists: Edward F Strange, Unknown.Joseph Rothenberg, Bandbox, c 1939 BandboxCaster () ca. 1745-50 Vincennes Manufactory French. Caster () 201736U-shaped vase 1886 or 1889 Minton(s) British This double vase represents a visual blending of cultures: the shape is derived from pre-Columbian vessels; the bands of gold stylized chrysanthemums are from Japanese sources; and the deep blue glaze, which may have been chosen by Minton, recalls Sèvres porcelain. Although Christopher Dresser takes his cues primarily from non-Western sources, this eclectic mix is typical of English decorative arts in the second half of the nineteenth century. Original models were not necessarily copied but used as a resource for designers from which new designs could be drawn. In 1862, Dresser published The Art of Decorative Design, in which he instructs fledging designers: "We can by cultivation and careful encouragement induce the mind to produce the original, and ornament does not result from an unintelligent dream. Knowledge is the great source of ornament—it is the rich soil from which spring creations that attract by their beauty and delight by theiSnuff bottle with squirrels 19th century China This exquisite work of carved lacquer has representations of a popular animal: the squirrel. This small rodent is prized not only for its preciousness but also for being a highly fertile animal. Depicted playing among vines with bunches of grapes, another symbol of multiple offspring, squirrels express wishes for a large family.. Snuff bottle with squirrels 41583Kutahaya, Glazed. First half of 18th century. Pilgrim flask. Turkey. Istanbul Archaeology Museums. Museum of Islamic Art.Apothecary jar (albarello). Montelupo (ośrodek ceramiczny ; ca 1400- ), factoryApoposers supports 'Shissus't lamps, a lampnkkkk, cra. 1740 k. 177 Pharmacist's pharmacy. Blue painted with inscription: Mannatus. Delft . Pharmacist's pharmacy. Blue painted with inscription: Mannatus. Delft .Case (Inrō) with Netsuke 19th century Japan. Case (Inrō) with Netsuke 58371Bloempiramide, Royal Tichelaar Makkum, 2004 - 2203 Segment of flower pyramid of faience, blue painted in the glaze. Music figures and figures with scale. Makkum tin glaze Segment of flower pyramid of faience, blue painted in the glaze. Music figures and figures with scale. Makkum tin glazeTwo vases decorated with flowers and birds , Vases, Porcelain. Edmund L. Mitchell CollectionDrug pot (one of a pair) ca. 1530 Workshop of Orazio Pompei Yellow scales cover the spouts of these pots (see also 41.190.72), culminating in dragons heads at the openings; these vessels would have been used to store herbal syrups. The intersection of spout and body is marked by a painted flower, with male and female portraits appearing on either side. Fantastic and chaotic, these pots must have brought joy to the pharmacists routine.. Drug pot (one of a pair). Italian, Castelli. ca. 1530. Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware). Ceramics-PotteryCase (Inr) with Design of Leafy Grapevines (obverse); Chrysanthemum Spray (reverse) 18th-19th century Japan. Case (Inr) with Design of Leafy Grapevines (obverse); Chrysanthemum Spray (reverse). Japan. 18th-19th century. Case: lacquer with gold and silver takamaki-e; Fastener (ojime): gold bead carved and pierced with flowers; Toggle (netsuke): ivory carved and pierced with flowers and clouds, the figure of a courtier applied in gold. Edo period (1615-1868). InrWater filter, Taquechel pharmacy, Old Havana, Cuba, Central AmericaHexagonal stool. unknown, craftsmanSleeve Vase, anonymous, c. 1700 - c. 1724 Cylindrical vase of porcelain with a flat shoulder, straight neck and flat edge, decorated in underly glaze blue and on the glaze blue, red, green, yellow, eggplant, black and gold. The vase is covered with bleu poudré (powder blue) with two saved, rectangular cartouches with squeezed corners. In one woman (long lijs) in a garden for a low table at a rock, banana plant and flowering plants (aster). The other cartouche with a woman in a fenced garden with a Ruyi-Scepter in her hands near a rock with bamboo and flowering plants. A flower vase between the courses; Curling above the foot. On the shoulder a band with a Swastika pattern interrupted by cartouches with antiques (books, Ruyi-Spretter). On the neck flower branches. Bleu Poudré with Famle Verte. China porcelain. glaze. cobalt (mineral). gold (metal) painting / gilding / vitrification Cylindrical vase of porcelain with a flat shoulder, straight neck and flat edge, decorated in underly glazApothekerspot 'U the Scabiem', of Lampetkan, c. 1740 - c. 1775 Pharmacist's pharmacy. Blue painted with inscription: ad scabiem. Delft . Pharmacist's pharmacy. Blue painted with inscription: ad scabiem. Delft .Group of glass, by count Harrach of Bohemia.. Wyatt, M. Digby (Matthew Digby), Sir, 1820-1877. Prints. 1852. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Decorative arts , Exhibitions, Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England)Pillow-Form Incense Burner with Landscape Panel Design. Japan, Late 19th century. Ceramics. Hirado Mikawachi ware; porcelain with blue underglazeApooktics papts Dep CaAPE, the lamps cumkin, k. 17000 k. 178 Pharmacist's pharmacy. Blue painted with inscription: F Tamarind. Delft . Pharmacist's pharmacy. Blue painted with inscription: F Tamarind. Delft .