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Saucer with a marbled, matte purple border with Chinese scenes
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Saucer with a marbled, matte purple border with Chinese scenes

anonymous · c. 1790 - c. 1800 · turning; vitrification; paint; gild; emailleren; fired; formed; 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 with a straight wall, painted on the glaze in red, pink, green, brown, black, and gold. On the flat surface, a rosette surrounded by a star-shaped arrangement of garlands and swags. The inner wall features a marbled matte purple band with Chinese scenes (Chinoiserie) in gold medallions. Below, a garland and a swag. A gold band with a leafy scroll below it on the rim.

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Credit lineSaucer with a marbled, matte purple border with Chinese scenes. c. 1790 - c. 1800. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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