Dish
CultureJapanese
Dateca. 1700
MediumPorcelain with glaze
DimensionsOverall: 1 3/8 × 8 1/2 inches (3.49 × 21.59 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Mrs. George H. Bunting Jr.
Object number81-27/10
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DescriptionMoulded lobed-shape with iron-brown rim; interior decorated with three butterflies hovering about a colorful schematized spider's web in overglaze iron-red, turquoise, blue, yellow, brown, and black enamels; the reverse undecorated; smooth milky glaze; five spur marks on bottom.
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