Showing Decorative Arts in China, 1000 to the Present, at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Water dropper in the shape of a rhinoceros, 15th century
Water dropper in the shape of a rhinoceros, 15th century. Water dropper in the shape of a rhinoceros (detail), Ming dynasty (1368–1644), 15th century. Copper alloy. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, The Vincent Astor Foundation Gift, 2015 (2015.294).

Decorative Arts in China, 1000 to the Present

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

From Jul 25, 2026 Upper East Side

More than 100 Chinese objects in porcelain, metal, lacquer, jade, bamboo and silk, arranged across media by taste, social use and meaning rather than by material or date.

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