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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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Vase with Abstract Decoration

Period:: Xixia kingdom (1038–1227) or Yuan dynasty (1271–1368)
Date:: 13th–14th century
Culture:: China or Central Asia
Medium:: Stoneware with carved and incised design under brown glaze (Cizhou ware)
Dimensions:: H. 15 1/4 in. (38.7 cm); Diam. 7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm)
Classification:: Ceramics
Credit Line:: Bequest of Mr. and Mrs. Myron S. Falk Jr., 2000
Accession Number:: 2001.361.1

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 205

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