Jar

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The lush red color comes from an iron-oxide pigment that was applied and burnished onto this vessel before it was fired. Found primarily in tombs, jars such as this one were likely used in funerary rituals.

Asian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Met's collection of Asian art—more than 35,000 objects, ranging in date from the third millennium B.C. to the twenty-first century—is one of the largest and most comprehensive in the world. Each of the many civilizations of Asia is represented by outstanding works, providing an unrivaled experience of the artistic traditions of nearly half the world.

Metropolitan Museum of Art