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

anonymous · c. 1700 - c. 1724 · turning; 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 cup and saucer of porcelain, partially covered with café-au-lait glaze, painted in underglaze blue and overglaze red, green, yellow, aubergine, and black. The exterior of the cup is covered with a café-au-lait-colored glaze with floral sprigs and butterflies in famille verte enamel in compartmented decoration; on the base two hares and two birds near a rock with flowering plants; the interior of the wall with butterflies; the rim with zigzag work alternating with flowers. The saucer with the same decoration. Saucer marked on the underside with a hare in red enamel. Famille verte with monochrome brown glaze.

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

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