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Plate with flowers

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Plate with flowers by this artist shows a round plate with a floral pattern. The plate has a white center with a thin brown border around it. Inside the white center is a painting of a bird with black feathers on its head and yellow on its body standing on the ground, with two small yellow objects in front of it. There are pink flowers and green leaves on a branch above the bird. The outer edge of the plate has a brown background with a repeating pattern of pink flowers and green leaves outlined in black. The plate is on a plain white background.

Artwork Details

Date
late 18th century
Medium
Porcelain painted in overglaze polychrome enamels (Jingdezhen ware)
Culture
China
Dimensions
600 × 450 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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