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Set of Five Small Dishes (Kozara) with Flowering Plum and Warbler

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Small, round, ceramic dish with a scalloped edge. The dish has a white base color with blue undertones and a blue and white design. The design features a white bird perched on a branch with white flowers and blue accents. The rim of the dish is dark brown with a rough, uneven texture. The background of the image is a gradient of dark gray to light gray. There are five more dishes like this one, but only one is shown.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1640s
Medium:
Porcelain with cobalt blue under transparent glaze and iron-brown rim (Hizen ware, Arita type)
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
600 × 450 px
Museum record:
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