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Peach-shaped dish with trees and peaches

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Peach-shaped dish with trees and peaches by Sakaida Chōbei. The dish is white with a dark rim and has a crack running down the middle. The shape of the dish resembles a peach. The interior features a design with trees bearing fruit and leaves painted in black. The fruit on the right side resembles peaches. The dish tapers to a point at the top and has a flat base. The background of the image is light gray. The dish casts a shadow on the surface below. The surface the dish sits on appears to be white.

Artwork details

Date:
first half of the 17th century
Medium:
Porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels (Jingdezhen ware)
Culture:
China
Dimensions:
599 × 621 px
Museum record:
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