Title: Covered box with dragons and phoenixes
Object type: Covered box
Date: mid-16th century
Culture: China
Period: Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Jiajing mark and period (1522–66)
Medium: Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware)
Dimensions: H. 7 in. (17.8 cm); Diam. 12 3/4 in. (32.4 cm); Diam. of foot 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm)
Classification: Ceramics
Credit line: Gift of Stanley Herzman, in memory of Adele Herzman, 1991
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Dragons, term: Phoenix