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

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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European Sitting on a Lion

Period:: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Kangxi period (1662–1722)
Date:: late 17th–early 18th century
Culture:: China
Medium:: Porcelain with colored glazes and vermilion pigment on the biscuit (Jingdezhen ware)
Dimensions:: H. 6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm)
Classification:: Ceramics
Credit Line:: Purchase by subscription, 1879
Accession Number:: 79.2.11

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 201

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