Exhibitions/ Selected Artworks

Celebrating the Year of the Pig

At The Met Fifth Avenue
February 4–July 23, 2019

Exhibition Objects


10 Objects

Twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac

Date: 18th–19th century Medium: Jade (nephrite) Accession Number: 02.18.730a–l

Pig in Recumbent Position

Date: 1st–2nd century Medium: Jade (nephrite) Accession Number: 30.120.128

Pig in Recumbent Position

Date: 1st–2nd century Medium: Jade (nephrite) Accession Number: 30.120.129

Pig in Recumbent Position

Date: 1st–2nd century Medium: Jade Accession Number: 68.149.1

Pig

Date: 6th century Medium: Earthenware with pigment Accession Number: 1985.208.1

Zodiac Figure: Pig

Date: 18th century Medium: Porcelain, in the biscuit and with turquoise and aubergine glazes Accession Number: 1992.100.10

Pigsty

Date: 1st–early 3rd century Medium: Earthenware with green lead glaze Accession Number: 1994.605.24

Set of twelve zodiac animals

Date: 8th century Medium: Earthenware with white slip Accession Number: 2000.662.7a–l

Pig in Recumbent Position

Date: 1st–2nd century Medium: Jade (nephrite) Accession Number: 1994.605.96

Pig in Recumbent Position

Date: 1st–2nd century Medium: Dolomite Accession Number: 1994.605.113