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Saucer with three Chinese acrobats and landscapes in panels
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Saucer with three Chinese acrobats and landscapes in panels

anonymous · c. 1775 - c. 1799 · turning; vitrification; paint; gild; emailleren; fired; glaze; gold (metal); email; porcelain

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Porcelain plate with straight, ribbed wall and shaped rim, painted on the glaze in blue, red, pink, green, black and gold. On the flat of the plate three Chinese acrobats in an enclosed garden, one on a slack rope, the second juggling knives and the last with a spinning disc on a stick; next to them a lying dog, in the foreground a tied-up sack; the wall with damask work alternating with cartouches with landscapes or flower branches. Famille rose/Mandarin.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineSaucer with three Chinese acrobats and landscapes in panels. c. 1775 - c. 1799. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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