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Plate with antiquities and dragons
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Plate of porcelain, painted in underglaze blue. On the flat surface antiquities (vases, peacock feathers, books, scrolls, censer) and wonderful objects such as a statue of a dragon on a cushion and a parrot on a stand; the rim with lacework alternating with lobed cartouches with a dragon in white reserved on a blue background; on the back treasures (diamond, pearl, musical stone), auspicious symbols (conch) and an attribute of the Eight Immortals (castanets). Marked on the underside with a seal mark in a double circle. Two chips and a crack in the rim. Blue and white.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit linePlate with antiquities and dragons. c. 1700 - c. 1724. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.