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Dish with women in a fenced garden and flowering plants near a rock
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Dish with women in a fenced garden and flowering plants near a rock

anonymous · c. 1680 - c. 1720 · turning; paint; emailleren; fired; glaze; cobalt (mineral); porcelain

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

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Deep bowl of porcelain with a lobed rim, painted in underglaze blue. On the flat surface in a medallion a woman (long dress) on a horse in an enclosed garden. Opposite her another woman with a twig in her hand, behind her a servant with an umbrella. Above them three birds are flying. The wall and rim with eight lobed compartments alternating two women, one with a fan, in an enclosed garden or flowering plants by a rock. Between the cartouches a swastika pattern and bows. The outer rim with six floral scrolls. The outer wall with ruyi motifs separated by vertical stripes. Marked on the underside with the six-character mark of Emperor Kangxi in a double circle. Two cracks and some chips in the rim. Blue and white.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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Credit lineDish with women in a fenced garden and flowering plants near a rock. c. 1680 - c. 1720. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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