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Small Dish with Floral Design

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Small dish with floral design by William Moorcroft. The dish has a black background with a wavy edge. There is a white flower with blue shading at the center. The white flower has a circular raised pattern in the middle. There are green leaves behind the white flower. There are yellow dots around a dark gray curved line on the dish. The curved line with yellow dots forms four rounded protrusions around the dish.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1650s
Medium
Porcelain with cobalt blue under transparent glaze and polychrome enamels over the glaze (Hizen ware, Nabeshima type)
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
600 × 450 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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