Title: Ornament In form of Poet, Hitomaru
Object type: Alcove ornament
Date: 1720
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium: Faience, the face and hands unglazed; the rest of the figure decorated in polychrome and gold (Kiyomizu ware)
Dimensions: H. 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm); L. 8 in. (20.3 cm)
Classification: Ceramics
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. V. Everit Macy, 1923
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Men, term: Poets