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Saucer-dish with dragons, pearls and hoo-birds
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Porcelain dish, painted in underglaze blue and on the glaze blue, red and turquoise. On the flat a medallion in the form of a hoo-bird. The inner wall with three pearl-chasing dragons (chilong). The outer wall with three times a stylized flower vine. Marked on the underside with the Chinese six-character mark of Emperor Chenghua in a circle. Old label on the underside with 'collection Westendorp/ 117'. Four feet on the underside. Kakiemon style.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineSaucer-dish with dragons, pearls and hoo-birds. c. 1670 - c. 1699. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
