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Saucer with ruby back, flower scrolls, fruit and butterfly
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Porcelain dish, painted on the glaze in blue, red, pink, green, yellow, black and gold. On the flat center a cartouche with flowers, fruit and a butterfly; around the cartouche flower scrolls with three punched medallions containing a flower branch and three times a quatrefoil with a flower branch and fruit. The back of the dish is covered with a pink glaze (ruby back). The wall has been broken. Famille rose.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineSaucer with ruby back, flower scrolls, fruit and butterfly. c. 1725 - c. 1749. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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