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Sake Cup with Sea Bream and Auspicious Poem

Aoki Mokubei

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

White ceramic bowl with brown rim, featuring a painted sea bream in shades of gray, black, and white, with a green area behind it. The bowl has red squiggly lines on the inside. A poem is written in red on the bowl. The overall design includes a combination of red, green, gray, black, and white colors.

Artwork details

Date:
first half 19th century
Medium:
Porcelain with polychrome enamels over transparent glaze (Kyoto ware)
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
600 × 450 px
Museum record:
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