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Hexagonal lantern with pierced sides
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Hexagonal lantern with pierced sides

anonymous · c. 1700 - c. 1724 · vitrification; paint; drawn thread work; emailleren; fired; formed; glaze; email; porcelain

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

About this work

Porcelain lantern with pierced walls, painted on biscuit in blue, green, yellow, aubergine and black. The walls are pierced in the form of a medallion with a swastika symbol, surrounded by three dragons and loose flowers each time on a speckled green ground; the top with a pierced medallion surrounded by a band with ruyi motif and large butterflies and flower branches against a speckled green ground. Email sur biscuit with famille verte colors.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
lantern
Credit lineHexagonal lantern with pierced sides. c. 1700 - c. 1724. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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