Title: Large Vase with Butterflies,Origami Cranes, Plovers over Waves, Auspicious Symbols, and Geometric Patterns (one of a pair)
Object type: Vase
Date: first half of the 19th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo (1615–1868)
Medium: Porcelain with underglaze blue, overglaze polychrome enamels (Arita ware)
Dimensions: H. 25 in. (63.5 cm); Diam. 9 in. (22.9 cm)
Classification: Ceramics
Credit line: Gift of Charles Stewart Smith, 1893
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Butterflies