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Bucket

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Black and white image of cylindrical ceramic bucket. Top half of bucket mostly dark. Top edge with ridge design. Middle of bucket with braided rope design. Bottom half of bucket light with illustration of swans on water. Bucket has horizontal ridges on top and bottom. Candle protruding from bucket. Title: Bucket. Artist: William Moorcroft.

Artwork Details

Date
1840
Medium
Porcelain decorated in blue (Koto ware)
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
526 × 625 px
Public Domain
Yes
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