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Dish with Lotus in Rui-Head-Shaped Cartouches
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A ruyi is a curved decorative object with a head like a cloud or lingzhi mushroom.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineDish with Lotus in Rui-Head-Shaped Cartouches, mid-1800s. Japan, Edo period (1615–1868). Porcelain with underglaze blue and overglaze enamel (Hizen ware, Nabeshima type); diameter: 20.4 cm (8 1/16 in.); overall: 5.6 cm (2 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Collection, 1964.258