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Basin
From the collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Chinese export blue and white deep bowl, or basin. The central scene of the interior is painted in deep underglaze blue with European court ladies standing on a terrace strewn with flowers, each holding a floral sprig to smell while a servant to one side bears a basket of more flowers. The exterior is decorated with freely painted with floral sprigs.
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum’s own descriptionCredit lineBasin. 1685–1700. Unknown, Chinese. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Museum purchase from Charles E. Sampson Memorial Fund. CC0.
