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Covered tureen with groups of flowers and ornamental border
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Lid of a porcelain tureen, painted on the glaze in blue, red, pink, green, yellow, black and gold. On the outer wall of the bowl three flower groups with peony, aster and bamboo; on the outer rim a broad decorative band with flower sprays on a trellis and hanging lotus tendrils with lucky symbols (musical stone, ruyi motif); on the base a large flower group and on the inner wall three flower groups; the inner rim with a band of ruyi motifs. The lid with the same decoration, with a flower rosette on the finial and a band with flower sprays on a trellis on the rim. Famille rose.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineCovered tureen with groups of flowers and ornamental border. c. 1800 - c. 1899. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.