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Bottle with peacock and bamboo
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
The strutting peacock on this bottle displays all its feathers. It is depicted frontally, exactly in the middle of the vessel. The depiction in saturated dark and lighter blue tones forms a dramatic contrast with the white of the bottle.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineBottle with peacock and bamboo. 1650 - 1700. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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