Title: Freshwater jar
Object type: Freshwater jar (mizusashi)
Date: early 17th century
Culture: China
Period: Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
Medium: Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under a transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware for Japanese market)
Dimensions: H. 10 1/14 in. (26 cm); Diam. of rim 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm); Diam. of foot 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm)
Classification: Ceramics
Credit line: Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, 2013
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Animals