Nonagonal dish with peony and bird design, enamelled ware

Nonagonal dish with peony and bird design, enamelled ware
Nonagonal dish with peony and bird design, enamelled ware
Nonagonal dish with peony and bird design, enamelled ware

Height 5.9 cm, mouth diameter 33.5 cm, base diameter 20.7 cm
Kyoto National Museum
 This dish has a nine-sided window with a peony and hawk-like motif and nine diamond-shaped motifs on the rim. The composition is unusual for a nine-sided plate, but there are many examples of this design in the Ko-Kutani style of color painting.

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