Title: Dish with Design of Ascending Balloon
Object type: Dish
Date: dated 1797
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium: Porcelain with underglaze blue and overglaze enamels (Hizen ware)
Dimensions: Diam. 6 1/8 in. (15.6 cm); H. 1 in. (2.5 cm); Diam. (foot) 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm)
Classification: Ceramics
Credit line: Dr. and Mrs. Roger G. Gerry Collection, Bequest of Dr. and Mrs. Roger G. Gerry, 2000
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Hot Air Balloons