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Dish with pine, plum blossom, and bamboo in planters

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

This plate by an unknown artist titled "Dish with pine, plum blossom, and bamboo in planters" features a large, round dish with a wide rim and a dark gray color that lightens towards the center. The center of the plate has a white, eight-sided shape with a drawing of two planters. The planter on the left has a pine tree, while the one on the right has a blossoming tree. Both planters have short legs and are depicted in dark shades. A small number "49" is visible at the bottom of the white shape. The background of the image is a plain gray color.

Artwork Details

Date
late 17th–early 18th century
Medium
Porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue and copper red, with powder blue ground (Jingdezhen ware)
Culture
China
Dimensions
600 × 608 px
Public Domain
Yes
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