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Dish depicting scenes from Journey to the West
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Dish depicting scenes from Journey to the West

anonymous · c. 1680 - c. 1700 · turning; vitrification; paint; emailleren; fired; glaze; cobalt (mineral); gold (metal); email; porcelain

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

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This dish depicts women in various guises as they appear in the 16th-century Chinese novel Journey to the West. The woman with two sabres next to a large spider’s web is intriguing. She represents seven sisters, who are actually demons in the form of spiders. They catch the monk Tang Sanzang in their web, but are defeated by his disciples.

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Credit lineDish depicting scenes from Journey to the West. c. 1680 - c. 1700. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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