Title: Clove Boiler
Object type: Clove boiler
Date: 1760
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium: White porcelain with relief pattern and blue under the glaze decoration, which gives the appearance of blue enamel (Hirado ware)
Dimensions: H. 8 in. (20.3 cm); Diam. 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm)
Classification: Ceramics
Credit line: Gift of Charles Stewart Smith, 1893
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY