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Deep dish with cranes, prunus trees and antiquities
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Deep plate of porcelain with upright wall and sloping, scalloped rim, painted in underglaze blue. On the flat surface two cranes beside a flowering plum branch and plants in a scalloped medallion; on the wall and rim around the medallion six petal-shaped compartments with antiquities (books, vase with peacock feathers and scepter), treasures (artemisia leaf, diamond, books) and Taoist symbols (castanets), between the compartments separate flower branches; the back with flower scrolls and six compartments with ruyi motif. Marked on the underside with the character 'Yù', jade, in a double circle. A chip in the rim. Blue and white.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineDeep dish with cranes, prunus trees and antiquities. c. 1680 - c. 1720. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.