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Fluted saucer with rocks, flower sprays and birds
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Fluted saucer with rocks, flower sprays and birds

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

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

About this work

Dish of porcelain with ribbed wall, partly covered with café-au-lait, painted in underglaze blue and overglaze blue, red, green, yellow, aubergine, black and gold. On the flat base a butterfly and blooming plants (peony, chrysanthemum) by a rock; on the wall four flower branches alternating with a bird; the rim with scrollwork; the back is covered with a café-au-lait glaze with three flower branches on it. Marked on the underside with a mushroom (lingzhi) [?] in a double circle. Famille verte.

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Credit lineFluted saucer with rocks, flower sprays and birds. c. 1700 - c. 1724. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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