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  • Museum Accession No.: EA1972.43
  • Catalogue No.: 289
  • Object type: Dish
  • Kiln/Location: Celadon, enamelled, Arita
  • Period/Date: late 17th century
  • Dimensions: D. 21.2 cm
  • Provenance: 1972.43
  • Description: Celadon dish. Decorated in red, green, yellow and aubergine enamels, with gold, with a butterfly and a peony spray among broken feather-like motifs. The back plain.
  • Exhibited: Porcelain for Palaces, 1990, pl. 213
  • Similar Example: Porcelain for Palaces, 1990, pl. 213
  • Illustrated:
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Detail of Decoration
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