Title: Firepot with Kirin (Mythical Chimera) amid Flowers
Object type: Firepot
Date: 18th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium: Porcelain with underglaze blue decoration (Hirado ware)
Dimensions: H. 4 in. (10.2 cm); Diam. 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm)
Classification: Ceramics
Credit line: Gift of Charles Stewart Smith, 1893
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Mythical Creatures, term: Flowers