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Covered bowl or butter tub with a figure in a landscape, lotus scrolls and flower sprays
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Covered bowl or butter tub with a figure in a landscape, lotus scrolls and flower sprays

anonymous · c. 1650 - c. 1699 · turning; vitrification; paint; fired; formed; glaze; cobalt (mineral); porcelain

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Covered bowl or butter boat of porcelain with two handles and standing on three feet in the form of a monster's head, painted in underglaze blue. The exterior of the bowl is divided into broad and narrow compartments, with stylized figures in landscapes alternating in the broad compartments and lotus scrolls; the narrow compartments feature flower branches. A peony branch on the base. The lobed rim with floral scrolls. The decoration of the bowl is based on Chinese kraak porcelain. Two feet were broken. Blue and white.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineCovered bowl or butter tub with a figure in a landscape, lotus scrolls and flower sprays. c. 1650 - c. 1699. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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