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Saucer-dish with celadon glaze, prunus sprays, shishi, peacock and feng huangs
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Saucer-dish with celadon glaze, prunus sprays, shishi, peacock and feng huangs

anonymous · c. 1700 - c. 1724 · turning; vitrification; paint; gild; emailleren; fired; glaze; cobalt (mineral); gold (metal); email; porcelain

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

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Dish of porcelain with round wall, covered with a green glaze, painted in underglaze blue and on the glaze red, green, yellow, aubergine, black and gold. The dish is, except inside the foot ring, covered with a celadon green glaze. On the flat a medallion with plum branch; here around four compartments two with shishi (lion dog), one with feng huang and one with a peacock; the rim with plum branches; the back with three flower branches; on the underside a double circle. Hanging system attached to the foot ring. Famille verte.

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Credit lineSaucer-dish with celadon glaze, prunus sprays, shishi, peacock and feng huangs. c. 1700 - c. 1724. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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