Title: Plate with egrets in a lotus pond
Object type: Plate
Date: late 19th century
Culture: China
Period: Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Medium: Porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue and copper red (Jingdezhen ware)
Dimensions: H. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); Diam. 16 3/4 in. (42.5 cm)
Classification: Ceramics
Credit line: Purchase by subscription, 1879
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Birds, term: Lotuses, term: Leaves