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Dish with Lotus Pond

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

White ceramic dish with rounded sides, slightly everted rim. Inside of dish features a blue double-lined circle. Inside circle, a colorful design depicts a pond scene with lotus flowers, leaves, and stems. Lotus flowers are orange with yellow centers; leaves are green. Water in the pond is blue with green undertones. Outside of dish is plain white with thin blue lines. Background of image is gray, dark at the top and light at the bottom. The dish's title is "Dish with Lotus Pond". The artist of this piece is unknown.

Artwork Details

Date
early 18th century
Medium
Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under and colored enamels over transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware)
Culture
China
Dimensions
599 × 449 px
Public Domain
Yes
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