Bowl, hard paste porcelain, floral sprigs painted blue underglaze with a design of diaper panels and flower baskets in enamels and gilt superimposed; base, underglaze blue painted mark in form resembling an ensign flag, made in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province, China, decorated in Amsterdam, now Holland, c 1720
in the early 18th century technical advances enabling coloured enamels to be applied to finished wares led to decorators' studios being set up in Amsterdam, where Chinese wares were landed; the supplementary coloured designs in the style which came to be known as 'Amsterdamsbont' (Amsterdam fashion) often contradict underlying blue decoration applied in China
in the early 18th century technical advances enabling coloured enamels to be applied to finished wares led to decorators' studios being set up in Amsterdam, where Chinese wares were landed; the supplementary coloured designs in the style which came to be known as 'Amsterdamsbont' (Amsterdam fashion) often contradict underlying blue decoration applied in China
