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Dish with flowers and birds

ca. 1660
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 201
Most likely introduced from the Islamic world, where it had developed in the ninth century in response to imported Chinese ceramics, the use of a tin-based glaze to cover a dark earthenware body has a long history in Europe. Here, the tin glaze is painted with blue pigment on a plate whose shape and design parallel Chinese kraak ware.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Dish with flowers and birds
  • Date: ca. 1660
  • Culture: Dutch, Delft
  • Medium: Tin-glazed earthenware with cobalt blue pigment (Delftware)
  • Dimensions: Overall: 1 1/2 × 9 1/2 in. (3.8 × 24.1 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1930
  • Object Number: 30.86.3
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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