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Bowl with powder blue and panels in reserve with flowering plants
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Octagonal porcelain bowl with lobed wall and scalloped rim, painted in underglaze blue and red. The bowl is covered with bleu poudré (powder blue), the wall is modeled in eight compartments with on the outside each a rectangular cartouche in reserve with flowering plants and butterflies; on the base a cartouche with bracket-shaped border in reserve filled with flower branch and butterfly. Marked on the underside with the six-character mark of Emperor Chenghua in a double circle. Underglaze blue with copper red.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineBowl with powder blue and panels in reserve with flowering plants. c. 1700 - c. 1724. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
