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Coffee pot, polychrome decorated with Chinese figures in cut-out quatrefoils on a violet ground
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Coffee pot of painted porcelain. The pot has a four-lobed form and is almost entirely covered with a violet ground. On the body of the pot, within the ground, two large quatrefoils and a smaller one are cut out, each containing a Chinese figure in a garden. The pot is marked.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineKoffiekan, veelkleurig beschilderd met Chinezen in uitgespaarde vierpassen in een violette fond. c. 1730 - c. 1735. Meissener Porzellan Manufaktur. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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