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  • Museum Accession No.: EA1985.34
  • Catalogue No.: 201
  • Object type: Dish
  • Kiln/Location: Kakiemon style, Arita
  • Period/Date: late 17th century
  • Dimensions: H. 3.0 cm, D. 20.2 cm
  • Provenance: Jeffrey Story & Walter Cook Bequest
  • Description: Dish. Round with shallow curving sides. Kakiemon enamels, no yellow, traces of gold. On the right, green and black banded hedges above rocks and bamboo from which grows a tree peony and another smaller flowering plant. On the left, a ho-o bird in flight.
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