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dish

human history
  • Other Name

    Sometsuke (Japanese)

  • Description

    Plate

    Made from porcelain. Sometsuke style dish. A circular dish with angled sides, and a thin circular foot on the base. The dish has a white ground with cobalt blue handpainted underglaze. The central design has various types flowers. Around the sides are square frames with different types of flowers inside, between the frames are geometric patterns. On the base underside is a square seal with japanese text inside

  • Place
    Japan
  • Accession Number
    1944.19
  • Accession Date
    Jan 1944
  • Other Id

    27109 (ethnology)

    K542 (ceramic)

    HDBW5 (Humphreys-Davies)

  • Department

    Applied Arts and Design

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  • dish, 1944.19, 27109, K542, HDBW5, Photographed by Denise Baynham, digital, 19 Feb 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • dish, 1944.19, 27109, K542, HDBW5, Photographed by Denise Baynham, digital, 19 Feb 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • dish, 1944.19, 27109, K542, HDBW5, Photographed by Denise Baynham, digital, 19 Feb 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
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