Dish
ca. 1620-1640 (made)
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Square dish of porcelain, with low, rising sides and lip slightly splayed to form a curve on each side; the sides are impressed with a pattern of radiating lines. Small, circular footring. The bluish glaze is crazed in parts. Painted inside in a dark purplish-grey blue within a double square is a design of a long-tailed bird perched among foliage.
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Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted in underglaze blue |
Brief description | Dish, porcelain painted in underglaze blue; Japan, Arita kilns, Edo period, about 1620-1640 |
Physical description | Square dish of porcelain, with low, rising sides and lip slightly splayed to form a curve on each side; the sides are impressed with a pattern of radiating lines. Small, circular footring. The bluish glaze is crazed in parts. Painted inside in a dark purplish-grey blue within a double square is a design of a long-tailed bird perched among foliage. |
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Accession number | C.94-1967 |
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Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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