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Dish with Phoenixes

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

White porcelain dish with a wide, shallow body and a narrow blue rim. The center of the dish features a colorful design on a white background, depicting two symmetrical phoenixes amidst green foliage and red flowers. The phoenixes have long tails, with one facing left and the other right, and are surrounded by a floral pattern. A large red flower is at the center. The dish has a subtle shadow on a gray background that darkens towards the top. Title: Dish with Phoenixes. Artist: likely Chinese.

Artwork details

Date:
late 17th–early 18th century
Medium:
Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under and colored enamels over transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware)
Culture:
China
Dimensions:
600 × 450 px
Museum record:
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