Title: Miniature Covered Jar
Object type: Covered jar
Date: late 18th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium: Porcelain, roughly hexagonal with enamel decoration of butterflies and flowering plants in pale green, blue and rose, with gold tracery and leaves, on creamy white crackled glaze; six different diaper designs in gold with some blue and red enamel on shoulder; three gold bands on neck; cover bordered with floral decoration in red and blue (Satsuma ware)
Dimensions: H. (with cover) 2 7/16 in. (6.2 cm)
Classification: Ceramics
Credit line: Gift of Philip A. Rollins, 1946
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY