Box with Butterfly
1855–57
height: 10 cm (3 15/16 in.); length: 11 cm (4 5/16 in.); width: 11 cm (4 5/16 in.)
Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/2022.149
This sturdy box, with comparatively thick walls and resulting heft, is sparsely decorated with a single butterfly motif in dark underglaze blue cobalt in one corner of the lid and with repeating floral patterns along the lid and base. Single broken lines of underglaze blue def...
Artifact
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447828
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2022.149
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Terms
Culture
Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)
Technique
Porcelain with underglaze blue
Genre
Ceramic
Department
Japanese Art
Relations
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