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Klapmuts bowl with precious and symbolic objects and flower sprays
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Klapmuts bowl with precious and symbolic objects and flower sprays

anonymous · c. 1600 - c. 1624 · turning; vitrification; paint; fired; glaze; cobalt (mineral); porcelain

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

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Klapmuts of porcelain with a scalloped rim, painted in underglaze blue. On the base a collection of antiquities (scroll, palm leaf, vase) and bows with tassels; the wall with four scalloped cartouches containing lucky objects, between the cartouches a ruyi motif; the inner rim with floral scrolls; the outer rim with a bird on a plant twice; the outer wall with four scalloped cartouches containing a peach or flower branch alternating with rectangular compartments with a ruyi scepter. Kraak porcelain in blue and white.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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klapmutsbowl
Credit lineKlapmuts bowl with precious and symbolic objects and flower sprays. c. 1600 - c. 1624. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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