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Hexagonal dish

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Hexagonal dish by Bernard Leach. Dark brown ceramic bowl with a hexagonal shape and scalloped sides. The bowl has a wide mouth and a narrow base. The exterior features a dark brown glaze with a lighter brown design around the top edge, consisting of a repeating pattern of inverted V-shapes. The body of the bowl has vertical ridges. The background is a plain gray color.

Artwork details

Date:
19th century
Medium:
Stoneware with reddish-brown glaze
Culture:
China
Dimensions:
600 × 400 px
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