Deep Dish with Chrysanthemum in a Stream, mid 17th century, Unknown Japanese, 3 1/4 × 11 7/8 × 11 3/4 in. ( × × cm), Imari ware; Porcelain with celadon glaze and underglaze cobalt blue, Japan, 17th century, The center of this deep, fluted dish features a large white chrysanthemum partially submerged in a flowing stream with a pair of geese flying nearby. This simple design—which was also a popular design for textiles of the time—is made using a variant of the porcelain technique sometsuke (designs painted in blue on white pottery) known as seiji (celadon) sometsuke.

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