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Octagonal cup and saucer 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 and saucer of porcelain, partially covered with café-au-lait, painted in underglaze blue and on the glaze red, green, yellow, aubergine and black. The outside of the cup is covered with a café-au-lait-coloured glaze with flower branches and butterflies in Famille Verte enamel in compartment decoration; on the bottom two hares and two birds near a rock with flowering plants; the inside of the wall with butterflies; the rim with zigzag work alternating with flowers. The saucer with the same decoration. Both marked on the underside with a hare in red enamel. Famille Verte with monochrome brown glaze.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineOctagonal cup and saucer with light brown, animals and flower sprays. c. 1700 - c. 1724. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.