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Dish

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image shows a white ceramic dish with a small scene painted on it. The dish is round and shallow with a slightly raised rim. The dish is white with small dark speckles scattered across it. The scene on the dish depicts a landscape with a mountain, trees, and what appears to be a building or house on the left side. There are two small figures in the foreground. The background of the image is a gradient that fades from dark at the top to light at the bottom. The dish casts a shadow on the surface below it. The title of the image is "Dish" and the artist is not specified in the provided information.

Artwork details

Medium:
Porcelain with underglaze blue (Hizen ware)
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
600 × 497 px
Museum record:
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