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A few cups and saucers
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
The drinking of tea was increasingly adopted in the West by the end of the 17th century. China had been closed for decades as the result of a civil war. When it ended, VOC merchants could once again buy porcelain from China, and the supply of tea and of teacups grew enormously.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit linePaar koppen en schotels. c. 1700. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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