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Commodore Perry

Earthenware plate decorated with colorful flower and grape border on the rim and central figurative scene depicting a fashionably dressed couple in the front with a barber serving a man at the back. The scene has an inscription "LE BARBIER DE SEVILLE" with five more lines at the bottom.
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  • Earthenware plate decorated with colorful flower and grape border on the rim and central figurative scene depicting a fashionably dressed couple in the front with a barber serving a man at the back. The scene has an inscription "LE BARBIER DE SEVILLE" with five more lines at the bottom.

Date:

c. 1853/54

Artist:

Artist unknown
Japanese

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of Asia

Title

Commodore Perry

Place

Japan (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1848–1859

Medium

Woodblock print; oban

Dimensions

29.7 × 21.7 cm (11 3/4 × 8 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Japanese Print Purchase Fund

Reference Number

1962.645

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