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Square Dish with Spring Flowers and Grasses

Ogata Kenzan

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Square dish with flat bottom and slightly raised sides. The interior is cream colored with a black rim around the edges. The interior design features a colorful painting of a pond scene with lily pads, flowers, grasses, and trees. The painting includes green, blue, yellow, orange, and black colors. The exterior sides are decorated with a blue and white geometric pattern. The pattern consists of triangles and lines. The background of the image is gray.

Artwork details

Date:
18th century
Medium:
Stoneware with polychrome enamels under transparent glaze (Kyoto ware)
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
599 × 393 px
Museum record:
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