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Octagonal cup with light brown, animals and flower sprays
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Octagonal cup of porcelain, partially covered with café-au-lait, painted in underglaze blue and overglaze red, green, yellow, aubergine, and black. The outside of the cup is covered with a café-au-lait-colored glaze with floral sprigs and butterflies with famille verte enamel in compartment decoration; on the bottom two hares and two birds by a rock with flowering plants; the inside of the wall with butterflies; the rim with zigzag work alternating with flowers. Marked on the underside with a hare in red enamel. Two chips in the rim of the plate. Famille verte with monochrome brown glaze.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineOctagonal cup with light brown, animals and flower sprays. c. 1700 - c. 1724. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.