Diversity and Unity

Within The Oriental Metropolitan Museum resides a “tray-shaped-mouth celadon pot with underglaze patterns of feathered immortals” 青瓷釉下彩羽人纹盘口壶. Beneath its intricate title lies information far from ordinary. Originating from the Wu Kingdom 吴国 of the Three Kingdoms period, this craft represents the earliest known instance of porcelain crafted with the underglaze technique in China.