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Saucer

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Round, white, ceramic plates with a scalloped edge. Two plates are fully visible, stacked plates are on the left, and a single plate on the right. The fully visible plates have a dotted line in a circle in the center, with illustrations inside the circle. The plate on the right shows four people gathered around a table. The stack on the left shows three people beside a table. The table on the right has an object on it, there are no objects on the table on the left. Two flying objects are over the tables. Small designs are on either side of the central circular design. The background is light grey.

Artwork details

Date:
1785–1805
Medium:
Porcelain
Culture:
Chinese
Dimensions:
600 × 428 px
Museum record:
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