Dish with Japanese court woman and birds

Dish with Japanese court woman and birds

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Dutch rendition of a scene from a Japanese tale decorates this dish manufactured at the Jingdezhen kilns of southeastern China. The standing figure of a man wearing a stylized Chinese costume may have been borrowed from a Netherlandish print depicting what was believed to be Eastern modes of dress.

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Dish with Japanese court woman and birdsDish with Japanese court woman and birdsDish with Japanese court woman and birdsDish with Japanese court woman and birdsDish with Japanese court woman and birds

The fifty thousand objects in the Museum's comprehensive and historically important collection of European sculpture and decorative arts reflect the development of a number of art forms in Western European countries from the early fifteenth through the early twentieth century. The holdings include sculpture in many sizes and media, woodwork and furniture, ceramics and glass, metalwork and jewelry, horological and mathematical instruments, and tapestries and textiles. Ceramics made in Asia for export to European markets and sculpture and decorative arts produced in Latin America during this period are also included among these works.