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Dish with cherry blossoms. Japan, 17th c. Porcelain painted with underglaze cobalt blue with iron-brown and green glazes . Asia Society collection

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Dish with cherry blossoms. Japan, 17th c. Porcelain painted with underglaze cobalt blue with iron-brown and green glazes . Asia Society collection

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Storage Jar. Joseon dynasty Korea, ca. mid 18th c. Porcelain painted with underglaze cobalt blue. Asia Society collection

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Storage Jar. Joseon dynasty Korea, ca. mid 18th c. Porcelain painted with underglaze cobalt blue. Asia Society collection

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Covered jar. Jiangxi province, China. Ming dynasty, Jiajing era, 1522-1566. Porcelain painted with underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze enamels . Asia Society collection

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Covered jar. Jiangxi province, China. Ming dynasty, Jiajing era, 1522-1566. Porcelain painted with underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze enamels . Asia Society collection

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Vase with plum blossoms. China, Qing dynasty, Kangxi reign . Porcelain with cobalt blue under clear glaze. Yale University Art Gallery collection

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Vase with plum blossoms. China, Qing dynasty, Kangxi reign . Porcelain with cobalt blue under clear glaze. Yale University Art Gallery collection

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Small dish with fireworks. Japan, Edo period, mid-17th c. Porcelain with molding and underglaze blue . Cleveland Museum of Art collection

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Small dish with fireworks. Japan, Edo period, mid-17th c. Porcelain with molding and underglaze blue . Cleveland Museum of Art collection

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Square dish with chrysanthemums. Saga prefecture, Japan, ca. 1860 . porcelain , underglaze blue. Walters Art Museum collection

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Square dish with chrysanthemums. Saga prefecture, Japan, ca. 1860 . porcelain , underglaze blue. Walters Art Museum collection

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Bowl by Ogata Kenzan depicting riverbank with bamboo and wild geese. Japan, early 18th c. Stoneware with pierced design and painted with slips under glaze and overglaze enamels and gold . Asia Society collection

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Bowl by Ogata Kenzan depicting riverbank with bamboo and wild geese. Japan, early 18th c. Stoneware with pierced design and painted with slips under glaze and overglaze enamels and gold . Asia Society collection

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Porcelain bowl with incised decoration of plum blossom and crescent moon under celadon glaze. China, Yuan dynasty, late 13th–14th century. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Porcelain bowl with incised decoration of plum blossom and crescent moon under celadon glaze. China, Yuan dynasty, late 13th–14th century. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Porcelain pen box and cover with underglaze blue decoration and stylized Arabic calligraphy. Made in Jingdezhen, China, 1506-1521.

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Porcelain pen box and cover with underglaze blue decoration and stylized Arabic calligraphy. Made in Jingdezhen, China, 1506-1521.

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Dish with cherry blossoms in baskets. Japan, Edo period, 1690-1720

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Dish with cherry blossoms in baskets. Japan, Edo period, 1690-1720

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Dish with peonies and dragonfly. China, Qing dynasty, Qianlong mark and period . Porcelain painted in overglaze polychrome enamels. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Dish with peonies and dragonfly. China, Qing dynasty, Qianlong mark and period . Porcelain painted in overglaze polychrome enamels. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Stoneware cup with underglaze painted decoration . Northern China, 13th or 14th c . Cleveland Museum of Art collection

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Stoneware cup with underglaze painted decoration . Northern China, 13th or 14th c . Cleveland Museum of Art collection

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"Pitcher plant" vase by Union Porcelain Works, Brooklyn, 1877. Porcelain with overglaze enamel and gilt decoration. Philadelphia Museum of Art collection

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"Pitcher plant" vase by Union Porcelain Works, Brooklyn, 1877. Porcelain with overglaze enamel and gilt decoration. Philadelphia Museum of Art collection

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Vase with low-relief decoration of bamboo leaves by Itaya Hazan, Japan, ca. 1915. Porcelain, colored slip, overglaze enamel. Loaned to the Asia Society Museum from the Walters Art Museum

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Vase with low-relief decoration of bamboo leaves by Itaya Hazan, Japan, ca. 1915. Porcelain, colored slip, overglaze enamel. Loaned to the Asia Society Museum from the Walters Art Museum

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Porcelain dice bowl with "snowflake blue" glaze . Jingdezhen kilns, Jiangxi province, Ming dynasty China, Xuande mark and period . Cleveland Museum of Art collection

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Porcelain dice bowl with "snowflake blue" glaze . Jingdezhen kilns, Jiangxi province, Ming dynasty China, Xuande mark and period . Cleveland Museum of Art collection

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"Ice-glass" beaker. Netherlandish, late 16th or early 17th c. Free-blown colorless glass with gilding and applied decoration. Getty Museum collection

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"Ice-glass" beaker. Netherlandish, late 16th or early 17th c. Free-blown colorless glass with gilding and applied decoration. Getty Museum collection

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Plate with Jonah and the whale. Toledo, Spain, ca. 1600. Tin-glazed earthenware. Hispanic Society of America collection

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Plate with Jonah and the whale. Toledo, Spain, ca. 1600. Tin-glazed earthenware. Hispanic Society of America collection

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Dish with peony. Late 17th or early 18th c. Possibly from the Deccan region, India. Opalescent green glass ; blown, shaped with mold, enameled, and gilded. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Dish with peony. Late 17th or early 18th c. Possibly from the Deccan region, India. Opalescent green glass ; blown, shaped with mold, enameled, and gilded. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Bowl with galleon. Iznik, Turkey, first half 17th c. Stonepaste; polychrome-painted under transparent glaze. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, collection

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Bowl with galleon. Iznik, Turkey, first half 17th c. Stonepaste; polychrome-painted under transparent glaze. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, collection

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Small dish with stylized flowers and ferns. Japan, Edo period, ca. 1650s-70s. Porcelain with polychrome enamels over transparent glaze . Metropolitan Museum of Art collection [2000x1530)

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Small dish with stylized flowers and ferns. Japan, Edo period, ca. 1650s-70s. Porcelain with polychrome enamels over transparent glaze . Metropolitan Museum of Art collection [2000x1530)

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