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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
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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