Vase in Shape of a Bamboo Joint

Medium

Clay covered with a variegated glaze

Dimensions

H. 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm); W. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)

Classification

Ceramics

Culture & Period

Japan · Edo (1615–1868) or Meiji period (1868–1912)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Stephen Whitney Phoenix, 1881

Accession Number

81.1.498