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Oval decagonal salt celler with flowering lotus plants
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Oval, decagonal salt cellar of porcelain with lobed rim, painted in underglaze blue and on the glaze red, pink, green and gold. The top with a lotus plant, the rim with scrollwork alternating with stylized lotus flowers; the walls with scrollwork and lotus flowers with here in reserve two large and two small compartments with flowering lotus plants. A chip in the rim. European forms with famille rose.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineOval decagonal salt celler with flowering lotus plants. c. 1740 - c. 1760. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.