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Food Cup (Choku) with Stylized Flowers and Foliate Scroll

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

White ceramic cup with a wide mouth and narrow base. Blue wavy line on the rim. Red flowers with blue centers and blue and green leaves. Blue curving lines throughout. A yellow flower on the bottom. The colors are blue, red, green and yellow.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1690–1720s
Medium:
Porcelain with cobalt blue under transparent glaze and polychrome enamels over the glaze (Hizen ware, Nabeshima type)
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
600 × 501 px
Museum record:
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