Title: Water Jar (Mizusashi) in the Shape of a Bamboo Basket
Object type: Jar
Date: second half of the 18th–early 19th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium: Stoneware with cream slip and brown glaze; lacquer cover
Dimensions: H. 8 1/4 in. (21 cm); Diam. 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm); Diam. of rim 5 in. (12.7 cm); Diam. of base 6 in. (15.2 cm)
Classification: Ceramics
Credit line: H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY