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Soup plate with a large lotus and insects
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Porcelain soup plate, painted on the glaze in blue, red, pink, green, yellow, black and gold. On the flat center a peony and a large lotus flower with leaf. On the leaf a flower branch, butterfly, beetle and dragonfly. On the wall and rim an intricate decorative band with cartouches with flower scrolls against lacework and four rectangular panels with indented corners with a landscape; the rim with a band of scrollwork with half flower rosettes. The back with four mushrooms (lingzhi). Several chips in the rim. Famille rose.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineSoup plate with a large lotus and insects. c. 1800 - c. 1899. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.