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Plate with a stylized pelican and fish
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Plate of porcelain, painted on the glaze in blue, red, pink, green, black and gold. On and flat a stylized pelican with fruit branches and clouds, around this a decorative band; the rim with five times alternating a pelican and a fish against a ground of lacework. A crack in the wall and bottom. Famille rose.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit linePlate with a stylized pelican and fish. c. 1725 - c. 1749. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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