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Panel from the VOC ship 'Witte Leeuw'
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Panel from the VOC ship 'Witte Leeuw'

anonymous · before 1613 · glaze; bone china (material)

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. The sherd is glassy white with little embedded dirt. The glaze is blue-tinted and shows pinholes and small firing cracks on the corners of the rim. The glaze flakes off over parts of the rim. The base is glazed and the footring is V-shaped and faceted. More than 20 grains of oven sand were found. The rim is scalloped.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineBord uit V.O.C.-schip de 'Witte Leeuw'. before 1613. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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