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Bell-shaped cup with Chinese figures, dragons and flower sprays and the bottom moulded in the shape of flower petals
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Bell-shaped porcelain cup with a scalloped rim, painted in underglaze blue. The lower part of the wall modelled in petal-shaped panels containing Chinese men, women (long-limbed) and boys (fools); above that a band with panels containing flower branches (peony, lotus, prunus) and dragons. On the base two dragons among clouds; the inner rim with flower branches in panels. Two chips and two cracks in the rim. Blue and white.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineBell-shaped cup with Chinese figures, dragons and flower sprays and the bottom moulded in the shape of flower petals. c. 1680 - c. 1720. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
