This potpourri vase gleams with an off-white glaze, its surface alive with gilded reliefs of roses and acanthus leaves. The perforated lid once diffused the scent of dried petals and spices, turning ornament into function.

How many hidden openings might the gilded rim conceal?

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https://clevelandart.org/art/2020.200.1.a

A lattice of tiny blossoms swarms this porcelain potpourri cover, each petal incised with needle-fine precision. The floral excess masks the vessel’s scent-dispensing perforations—luxury disguised as mere decoration. Which bloom would you trace first to find the hidden airhole?

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https://clevelandart.org/art/1962.360.2.b

This Saint-Cloud vase balances Chinese cobalt blue with Italian grotesque swans and serpents coiled around its slender form. Its hybrid ornament suggests porcelain as a crossroads of global taste—how might the swan’s outstretched wings guide the eye upward?

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https://clevelandart.org/art/1947.63

Delicate roses cluster atop this soft-paste porcelain vase, their petals rendered in relief against a ribbed, ivory-white ground. The perforated lid once diffused the scent of dried blooms—how might its form have shaped the fragrance’s slow release?

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https://clevelandart.org/art/1962.360.2

Delicate white porcelain swells into a bulbous form, its surface alive with raised acanthus leaves and tiny blossoms. This vase once held more than scent—it distilled myth into material, turning whispers of buried lobster shells into fragile luxury. Where do the perforations hide among the carved abundance?

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https://clevelandart.org/art/1962.360.1

This potpourri vase swells with sculpted roses, peonies, and curling vines pressed into porcelain so thin the light glows through petals. Its gilded rim frames a lattice of tiny holes meant to drift the scent of lavender and clove into a boudoir.

How many perforations can you count without touching the surface?

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https://clevelandart.org/art/2020.200.2.a