This dish demonstrates Bindesbøll's use of abstracted Japanese motifs to create pattern in a vigorous, expressionist manner that is typical of much of his work. Japanese style, which spread across Europe in the late nineteenth century also prompted an altogether looser aesthetic, with an interest in organic forms, rich surface patination, and abstracted decoration.

Bindesbøll was an architect and designer who worked across different media, from furniture to book-binding, but from 1880 to 1906 he developed a particular interest in ceramics which helped hime to hone his distinctive style. Like many designers, Bindesbøll usually instructed professional potters in the actual potting, after which he would decorate the wet clay himself, and apply the glaze. In the case of this dish the manufacturing was undertaken by Københavns Lervarefabrik. It has been hand decorated but Bindesbøll also produced designs for mass production.