Small Dish (Kozara) with Stylized Flowers

Small dish with rounded sides and a flat base. The dish has a white interior with blue curved lines forming a pinwheel-like pattern. The exterior is copper-colored with blue floral designs around the rim. The blue exterior design resembles a curving vine with small flowers and leaves. The blue design on the exterior matches the blue lines on the interior. The background of the image is a gradient from dark gray at the top to light gray at the bottom. The dish casts a small shadow on the surface below.

Artwork details

Date:: ca. 1650s
Medium:: Porcelain with cobalt blue under transparent glaze and iron-brown pigment and blue enamel over the glaze (Hizen ware, Nabeshima type)
Culture:: Japan
Dimensions:: 600 × 450 px
Museum record:: View original