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Ovoid teapot with flowering plants, butterly and beetle
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Ovoid teapot with flowering plants, butterly and beetle

anonymous · c. 1750 - c. 1774 · 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.

About this work

Egg-shaped porcelain teapot, painted on the glaze in blue, red, pink, green, yellow, black and gold. Between the handle and the spout on both sides flowering plants with a butterfly and beetle; on the shoulder a band of scrollwork. The spout and handle have been broken. Decorated in Europe in famille rose.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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teapot
Credit lineOvoid teapot with flowering plants, butterly and beetle. c. 1750 - c. 1774. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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