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Saucer with rocks, flower sprays, pheasant and butterflies
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Saucer with rocks, flower sprays, pheasant and butterflies

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

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

About this work

Saucer of porcelain with a ribbed wall, painted in underglaze blue and on the glaze in red, green, yellow, aubergine, and black. On the flat surface a pheasant, butterfly, and flowering plant (peony) by a rock; on the wall four flowering plants (peony, lotus, chrysanthemum, and plum) alternating with a butterfly; the rim with zigzag work; on the back four flower branches. Marked on the underside with a mushroom (lingzhi) in a double circle. Famille verte.

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Credit lineSaucer with rocks, flower sprays, pheasant and butterflies. c. 1700 - c. 1724. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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