Title: Cup with Butterflies-and-Iris Design and Basketry Exterior
Object type: Cup
Date: ca. 1840–60s
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Zōshuntei Sanpo (brand name used 1841–78)
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Porcelain with overglaze polychrome enamels, fine basketwork exterior (Arita ware, product of Hisatomi Yojibei)
Dimensions: H. 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm); Diam. 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm)
Classification: Ceramics
Credit line: Gift of Charles Stewart Smith, 1893
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Flowers