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Description:
English delft circular shallow plate, with blue, orange-red, purple, and yellow decoration. The plate is decorated with an edge-to-edge scene of a peacock walking among trees with sponged foliage, with a flock of flying birds in the distance on the right rim. The peacock is outlined in blue, with red head feathers; blue head, wings, and legs; yellow body; and red and yellow tail feathers, standing on a blue foreground. The trees have blue trunks and the leaves and shubbery are purple sponged. The plate does not have a foot rim.

Subjects:
Pottery; glaze (coating by location)

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