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Footed Dish

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Footed Dish by unknown artist is a black and white photograph of a ceramic dish. The dish has a wide bowl with a scalloped edge. The exterior of the bowl has a repeating pattern of curved shapes with black outline and white interior, resembling clouds or petals. The base of the bowl is short and sturdy, also decorated with a repeating pattern of white shapes outlined in black. The background of the image is a plain light gray, with a slight shadow cast to the right of the dish.

Artwork details

Date:
late 18th–19th century
Medium:
Porcelain painted in overglaze polychrome enamels
Culture:
China
Dimensions:
600 × 394 px
Museum record:
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