Vase with mythical creature qilin

Medium

Porcelain painted in overglaze polychrome enamels (Jingdezhen ware)

Dimensions

H. 7 7/8 in. (20 cm); Diam. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)

Classification

Ceramics

Culture & Period

China · Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Alfred W. Hoyt Collection, Bequest of Rosina H. Hoppin, 1965

Accession Number

65.86.10

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