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Small Dish (Kozara) with Stylized Flowers

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a ceramic dish. The dish is round with a scalloped edge. The center of the dish is white porcelain. It contains three curved blue lines that meet in the middle. The rim of the dish has a brown base color with blue decorative designs. The blue designs are floral and curvy. The background is a gradient from dark gray at the top to light gray at the bottom. A shadow is cast by the dish. The dish is titled 'Small Dish (Kozara) with Stylized Flowers' by an unknown artist.

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:
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