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Octagonal saucer with light brown, animals and flower sprays
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Octagonal saucer with light brown, animals and flower sprays

anonymous · c. 1700 - c. 1724 · turning; vitrification; paint; emailleren; fired; formed; glaze; cobalt (mineral); email; porcelain

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

About this work

Octagonal porcelain dish, partially covered with café-au-lait, painted in underglaze blue and overglaze red, green, yellow, aubergine, and black. The center features two hares and two birds near a rock with flowering plants; the wall has flowering branches and butterflies in a compartmented decoration; the rim has a zigzag pattern alternating with flowers. The exterior is covered with a café-au-lait-colored glaze with flowering branches. Marked on the underside with a character in a double circle. Famille verte with monochrome brown glaze.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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Credit lineOctagonal saucer with light brown, animals and flower sprays. c. 1700 - c. 1724. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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