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Oblong, octagonal basin with flowers, birds and insects
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Octagonal, deep, elongated porcelain dish painted in enamel colours in blue, red, green, yellow, aubergine, black and gold with a compartmental decoration filled with flowers and animals. On the flat surface a tree with flowering plants and two birds; the body on the inside and outside with four large compartments filled with flowering plants, alternating with smaller compartments with flower and fruit branches; the rim with a geometric motif alternating with flower rosettes, with on the inside cartouches with insects and on the outside cartouches with fish and crayfish. Two drill holes in the foot ring. Famille verte.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineOblong, octagonal basin with flowers, birds and insects. c. 1700 - c. 1724. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.