Small Dish with Floral Design

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
Museum record:: View original