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Dish with Two Men Playing Go
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Dish with Two Men Playing Go

1700s · porcelain, molded, with overglaze color enamel (Hizen ware, Imari style)

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This modest serving dish is decorated with two figures playing chess, or go in Japanese. The green color is typical of kutani porcelain. This dish was produced for the export market after Japan replaced China as Europe’s primary source for export porcelain.

Cleveland Museum of Art’s own description
Credit lineDish with Two Men Playing Go, 1700s. Japan, Edo period (1615–1868). Porcelain, molded, with overglaze color enamel (Hizen ware, Imari style); overall: 2.4 x 13.8 cm (15/16 x 5 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Collection, 1964.260
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