Dish with dragon, 1680–1700, Japanese, for European market, Hard-paste porcelain painted with colored enamels over transparent

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Dish with dragon, 1680–1700, Japanese, for European market, Hard-paste porcelain painted with colored enamels over transparent glaze (Hizen ware; Kakiemon type), Diameter: 9 7/8 in. ( cm), Ceramics-Porcelain-Export, The motifs of this Kakiemon-style dish are drawn from a Chinese vocabulary of symbols and natural motifs that was widely used in Japanese decorative arts. The circular dragon at the center is a 'water dragon,' a salamander-like form of this imaginary beast auspiciously associated with water

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Size: 3511px × 3427px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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