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Dish

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image shows a round, white ceramic dish with a scalloped edge. The dish has a design on the inside featuring a tree with flowers and a bird. The edge of the dish has a decorative pattern consisting of alternating dark rectangles and ovals. The scalloped edge has a smaller decorative pattern featuring small bumps. The background of the image gradually darkens from light to dark gray, with the dish casting a subtle shadow. The dish is titled "Dish" and attributed to an artist.

Artwork details

Date:
17th century
Medium:
Pottery; for tea ceremony, with design of flowering prunus and grass (Mino ware, Shino type)
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
600 × 494 px
Museum record:
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