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Two Dishes
Imaizumi, Masato, c. 2002
The hare and the moon are a well-known motif on Japanese porcelain. It relates to the legend of a mythical hare living on the moon. The creature pounds rice in a mortar for mochi – sweet rice cakes with the same round shape as the lunar disk.
- Artwork typeplatter, kop-en-schotel
- Object numberAK-RAK-2002-4-1
- Dimensionsheight 2.3 cm, diameter 11.2 cm, diameter 5.8 cm
- Physical characteristicsporselein met een lichtblauw glazuur