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Dish with birds and flowers

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Round plate with scalloped edge. The plate has a blue and white patterned border with gold trim along the edge. The border pattern consists of blue and white squares and rectangles. Inside the border, a white background. A blue and green bird with long tail feathers on the bottom right, and another bird on the top left. The birds are surrounded by blue, green, and pink flowers and leaves. The plate has gold trim around the edge. The background behind the plate is gray.

Artwork details

Date:
17th century
Medium:
Porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels (Jingdezhen ware)
Culture:
China
Dimensions:
600 × 451 px
Museum record:
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