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Wine pot

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Wine pot by William Moorcroft, a ceramic object with a spout on the left side and a C-shaped handle on the right side. The body features cutout designs of leaves and flowers in the middle. A decorative border with a Greek key pattern encircles the top. The lid is present and features a knob handle at the top. The base features another geometric pattern. The surface is smooth; the color is monochrome gray-scale. The overall shape is bulbous, narrowing at the top for the lid.

Artwork details

Date:
1870
Medium:
Faience with finely crackled glaze and decorated with colored enamels (Satsuma ware) (Satsuma ware)
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
599 × 565 px
Museum record:
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