This cloisonné dish demonstrates the idea of juxtaposing and overlapping a range of patterns each containing different designs, an element of Japanese aesthetics that filtered into Western decorative arts.

© Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Pattern: 
Cloisonné enamel dish
Maker: 
Seizaburo Goto
Circa
1880
Made in
Yokohama
Japan
12
12
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
237-1881