Title: Sake Ewer (Chōshi) with Phoenixes and Auspicious Patterns
Object type: Sake ewer
Date: first half of the19th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Eiraku Hozen 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1795–1854
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Porcelain painted with red and gold (kinrande) over a transparent glaze (Kyoto ware, Eiraku type)
Dimensions: H. 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm); W. at spout 6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm); Diam. 5 in. (12.7 cm); Diam. of base 3 in. (7.6 cm)
Classification: Ceramics
Credit line: Gift of Charles Stewart Smith, 1893
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY