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Scallop-shell-shaped bowl with antiquities
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Scallop-shell-shaped bowl with antiquities

anonymous · c. 1700 - c. 1724 · vitrification; paint; gild; emailleren; fired; formed; 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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Shell-shaped porcelain bowl with ribbed wall, painted on the glaze in blue, red, green, yellow, aubergine, black and gold. On the bottom antiquities (flower vase, ruyi scepter, censer etc.); on the handle two symbols of good fortune (umbrella, fish); on the rim stylized lotus scrolls against a black-speckled green ground. Back unglazed; handle restored with five staples. Famille verte.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
bowlplatter
Credit lineScallop-shell-shaped bowl with antiquities. c. 1700 - c. 1724. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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