Box

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

White ceramic box with an oval base and rounded rectangular shape, featuring a decorative pattern of raised dots and curved lines around its sides and edges. A short decorative edge surrounds the top; textured material resembling grass or moss covers most of the top; a small bird lying on its side on top, with one wing raised and the other wrapped around a cylindrical object, resembling a bird's nest; the entire box is white. Title: Box Artist: Unknown