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Bell-shaped cup and saucer with auspicious symbols and ornamental borders
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Bell-shaped cup and saucer of porcelain, painted on the glaze in blue, red, green, black and gold. On the flat of the saucer in the center a peach branch in a medallion with spearhead border and decorative band with stylized flowers; on the wall four groups with luck symbols (ruyi scepter, lotus, shell, book scrolls, mushroom (lingzhi), pine branch etc.); on the inner rim a band with lacework. The cup with the same decoration. A crack in the wall of the cup. Famille verte.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineBell-shaped cup and saucer with auspicious symbols and ornamental borders. c. 1725 - c. 1749. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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