The Saucer by Peter Carl Rubens shows a bowl with a wide mouth and a narrow base, sitting on a small foot. The bowl is decorated with intricate designs, including etchings on the inside and outside. The outside has a dark background with light-colored etchings of leaves and flowers. The inside has light-colored etchings on a dark background, featuring zigzags, flowers, and other patterns. A semicircular indentation is visible inside the bowl. The image is in black and white.
Artwork details
- Date:
- 1780
- Medium:
- White porcelain; the outside blue under the glaze, covered with design painted in gold; the inside decorated in blue under the glaze, polychrome enamels (Arita kiln)
- Culture:
- Japan
- Dimensions:
- 600 × 360 px
- Museum record:
- View original
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