Title: Sencha Tea Jar with Phoenixes and Peonies in the Cochin (Kōchi) Style
Object type: Tea jar
Date: first half 19th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Eiraku Hozen 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1795–1854
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Stoneware with relief decoration and polychrome glazes (Kyoto ware, Eiraku type)
Dimensions: H. 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm); Diam. 4 in. (10.2 cm); Diam. of rim 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm); Diam. of base 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm)
Classification: Ceramics
Credit line: Gift of Charles Stewart Smith, 1893
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Birds