Chinese Bowl with Flowers, 1640. The flowers in a Chinese bowl rest on a stone ledge with a moulded edge that has some visible chips and nicks. The symmetry in the composition is also to be found in the arrangement of the flowers, which are organised around a central axis crowned by a large, compact flower in the shape of a red ball with some small white blooms just below it and a compact group of roses and cornflowers at the bottom. The artist uses a Chinese bowl to contain the flowers, painted in blue tones with figures in a rustic boat.

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