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Tankard with flower sprays in panel decoration and cover of tin
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Tankard with flower sprays in panel decoration and cover of tin

anonymous · c. 1700 - c. 1724 · turning; vitrification; paint; casting; gild; emailleren; fired; glaze; gold (metal); tin (metal); email; porcelain

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

About this work

Cylindrical beer mug of porcelain with C-shaped handle and tin lid with thumb rest, painted on the glaze in blue, red, green, yellow, aubergine, black and gold. On the body four long lotus-leaf-shaped compartments filled with flowering branches, rocks and birds; between the compartments loose flowers on a black-spotted green ground; above these hanging compartments with lotus vines surrounded by frog spawn, above that a band with ruyi motif; around the rim and foot a band with geometric pattern. The tin lid with flowering branches and bird in gold. Famille verte.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineTankard with flower sprays in panel decoration and cover of tin. c. 1700 - c. 1724. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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