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Saucer with shishi, insects and flowering plants
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Saucer with shishi, insects and flowering plants

anonymous · c. 1725 - c. 1749 · 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.

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Porcelain plate, painted in blue, red, pink, green, yellow, black and gold. On the flat a shishi (lion dog) in a medallion with a band of lacework and ruyi motifs around it; on the wall flowering plants (chrysanthemum, peony), a butterfly and two insects. Famille rose.

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Credit lineSaucer with shishi, insects and flowering plants. c. 1725 - c. 1749. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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