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This Imari-style plate intersperses variations on common Chinese-inspired motifs-flower vases, clouds, and phoenixes-with a group of Japanese designs of flying birds, chrysanthemums, scattered maple leaves, and camellias. As a result, it feels lighter and less formal that most Imari pieces.
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Title: Soup plate
Date: ca. 1720–25
Culture: Japanese, for European market
Medium: Hard-paste porcelain
Dimensions: Diameter: 9 11/16 in. (24.6 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain-Export
Credit Line: The Hans Syz Collection, Gift of Stephan B. Syz and John D. Syz, 1995
Accession Number: 1995.268.44
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