Ewer with Strap Handle and Floral Decoration

Ewer with Strap Handle and Floral Decoration

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Western forms were commissioned by the Dutch East India Company. The Japanese were given either wooden models, European pieces or drawings to imitate. Here decoration is effectively used on a western form in the Kakiemon style.

Asian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Ewer with Strap Handle and Floral DecorationEwer with Strap Handle and Floral DecorationEwer with Strap Handle and Floral DecorationEwer with Strap Handle and Floral DecorationEwer with Strap Handle and Floral Decoration

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.