Jar decorated with rock, peonies, and birds

Jar decorated with rock, peonies, and birds

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This colorful jar follows the traditional enameling technique developed during the fifteenth century. Featuring a solid tone, the overglaze enamels are polychromatic but blue appears only in the underglaze, as seen in the outlines around the jar’s neck, shoulder, and base. The dominant use of green, appearing in different hues on rocks, leaves, and the birds’ feathers, is typical of the period. Wares of this type are often identified in the West with the French term famille verte, or “green family.”

Asian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Jar decorated with rock, peonies, and birdsJar decorated with rock, peonies, and birdsJar decorated with rock, peonies, and birdsJar decorated with rock, peonies, and birdsJar decorated with rock, peonies, and birds

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.