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Fragment of a plate from the VOC ship 'White Lion'
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Plate from the VOC ship 'Witte Leeuw', 40% present; parts of the center and wall are missing. The sherd is glassy white and contains little embedded dirt. The glaze is blue-tinted and shows pinholes and small firing cracks at the corners of the rim. The base is glazed. The footring curves inward, is V-shaped, and faceted. More than 20 grains of kiln sand were found. Consists of ten fragments glued together.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineFragment bord uit V.O.C.-schip de 'Witte Leeuw'. before 1613. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
