Title: Miniature Jar with Cover
Object type: Jar with cover
Date: late 18th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium: Porcelain, with four pheasant medallions in scroll setting, enameled in blue, green, red and black with gold, on creamy white crackled glaze; diaper design in red and green enamels at neck; lowest register decorated with triangle pattern of gold striations; cover of silver alloy with floral design cut out and incised (Satsuma ware)
Dimensions: H.  4 5/8in. (11.7cm)
Classification: Ceramics
Credit line: Gift of Philip A. Rollins, 1946
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Birds