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Dish with Rafts, Bamboo Hats, and Tokugawa Family Crest

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a blue and white ceramic dish. The dish is round with a scalloped edge. It has a white background and blue designs throughout. There are two large blue circular designs on the dish, each made up of three smaller circular shapes with curved lines resembling petals. The background of the image is grey, with a slight shadow cast by the dish. The dish appears to have a design of bamboo hats and rafts. There are three family crests in a triangular formation on the dish.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1680–1720
Medium:
Porcelain with underglaze blue (Hirado ware)
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
600 × 400 px
Museum record:
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