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Bell-shaped cup with flower sprays, symbols and translucent dots

anonymous · c. 1900 - c. 1975 · turning; vitrification; paint; drawn thread work; fired; glaze; cobalt (mineral); porcelain

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

About this work

Bell-shaped porcelain cup, painted in underglaze blue. The wall with glazed rice-grain openwork; on the underside of the wall four symbols; around the rim lacework; on the bottom a flower sprig with butterfly; around the rim on the inside a decorative band. Marked on the underside with the four-character mark of Emperor Kangxi. Two cracks in the wall. Blue and white.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description

Subjects

cup

Credit lineBell-shaped cup with flower sprays, symbols and translucent dots. c. 1900 - c. 1975. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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