Title: "The Archer" cistern
Object type: Cistern
Date: ca. 1740
Culture: China
Period: Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Artist: Attributed to Cornelis Pronk 
Artist bio: Dutch, Amsterdam 1691–1759 Amsterdam
Artist nationality: Dutch
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue (Jingdezhen ware)
Dimensions: H. 27 in. (68.6 cm); Diam. 17 1/8 in. 43.5 cm); Diam. of foot: 11 1/8 in. (28.3 cm)
Classification: Ceramics
Credit line: Gift of Shirley M. Mueller, M.D., 2021
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Bow and Arrow, term: Archery