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Ninsei-style Serving Container (Mukōzuke)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Cylindrical container with flat bottom and straight sides, slightly wider at top than bottom. The container is primarily black with horizontal stripes in various colors: - Top and bottom edges have gold stripes. - Below the top edge, there are stripes in the following order from top to bottom: - Red - Light greenish-gray - Dark gray - A band of triangles at the bottom, in red, blue, and dark gray, outlined in gold. The inside of the container is solid black. The background is gray with a shadow cast to the right.

Artwork details

Date:
19th century
Medium:
Stoneware with overglaze enamels (Kyoto ware)
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
600 × 450 px
Museum record:
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