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Bell-shaped bowl with plants and playing boys in moulded, petal-shaped panels
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Bell-shaped bowl with plants and playing boys in moulded, petal-shaped panels

anonymous · c. 1680 - c. 1720 · turning; vitrification; paint; fired; formed; glaze; cobalt (mineral); porcelain

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

About this work

Bell-shaped cup of porcelain, painted in underglaze blue. The lower part of the wall is modelled in a band of petal-shaped compartments with on the outer wall alternating a plant or a playing boy (fool). The outer rim with a band with flower scrolls. On the base a woman (long-lipped) and a boy. Blue-and-white.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
cupreading
Credit lineBell-shaped bowl with plants and playing boys in moulded, petal-shaped panels. c. 1680 - c. 1720. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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