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Bowl
anoniem, anoniem, anonymous, anonymous, c. 1600 - c. 1624
The decorations on this bowl feature a woman with a fan alternating with a woman with a child at her breast. Could the latter figure be a wet nurse? In Imperial China, as in Europe, it was customary for the children of the upper classes to be suckled by a woman other than their mother.
- Artwork typebowl
- Object numberAK-NM-11435-A
- Dimensionsdiameter 36 cm, height 17 cm, diameter 16.2 cm
- Physical characteristicsporselein met onderglazuur blauw