In celebration of the Year of the Ram, the Metropolitan Museum presents a selection of remarkable works drawn exclusively from the Museum's permanent collection. These include lively sculptures of bronze, jade, rock crystal, and celadon porcelain, along with a charming painting of grazing goats by an eighteenth-century master.
Vessel in the shape of a kneeling ram, ca. 4th century. Six Dynasties (220–589). China. Stoneware with celadon glaze (Yue ware); L. 15.2 cm (6.2 in.). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Stanley Herzman, in memory of Adele Herzman, 1991 (1991.253.2)