Title: Freshwater Jar with Kirin (Mythical Chimera)
Object type: Freshwater jar (mizusashi)
Date: first half 18th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium: Porcelain with underglaze blue decoration (Hirado ware)
Dimensions: H. 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm); Diam. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm)
Classification: Ceramics
Credit line: Gift of Charles Stewart Smith, 1893
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY