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Bowl

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

White bowl with a wide mouth and a narrow base. The bowl features a black design depicting a tree with a twisted trunk and branches, and several tufts of foliage resembling pine needles. The background of the image is gray, with a shadow cast by the bowl on the surface below it and on the wall behind it. The artist of the piece is not visually identifiable but is known to be associated with "Bowl".

Artwork details

Date:
1820
Medium:
White porcelain decorated with blue under the glaze (Hirado ware)
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
599 × 331 px
Museum record:
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