The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Covered Urn

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Japan and the Culture of the Four Seasons: Nature, Literature, and the Arts

Program information

Part of a Sunday at the Met held in conjunction with the exhibition Designing Nature: The Rinpa Aesthetic in Japanese Art, on view May 26, 2012–January 13, 2013, this lecture features Haruo Shirane, the Shincho Professor of Japanese Literature and Culture, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University.

Recorded September 30, 2012

The exhibition is made possible by The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Foundation.
The catalogue is made possible by the Richard and Geneva Hofheimer Memorial Fund.

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Covered Urn

Period:: Unified Silla dynasty (668–935)
Date:: 8th century
Culture:: Korea
Medium:: Stoneware with stamped decoration
Dimensions:: H. 8 1/2 in.(23.2 cm)
Classification:: Ceramics
Credit Line:: Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1997
Accession Number:: 1997.34.16a, b

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 233

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