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Dish depicting The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl
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Dish depicting The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl

anonymous · c. 1730 - c. 1745 · turning; vitrification; paint; gild; emailleren; fired; glaze; gold (metal); email; porcelain

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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The decoration on this dish depicts the story of The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, the romance between Niulang and Zhinu. It also refers to a classic Chinese proverb: 'men plough, women weave.' This applies not only to the practical male-female division of labour, but also to the place of women in society as a whole.

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Credit lineDish depicting The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl. c. 1730 - c. 1745. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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