Focus on this artwork and explain the abstract.
Metropolitan Museum of Art has an early 19th century Chinese export porcelain tureen in its collection. The porcelain tureen was produced in Qing dynasty china for export to the United States as part of the Old China Trade; as such, the work features both Chinese depictions of leaves, greenery and an eagle (a symbol of the United States) bearing a shield, olive branch, and arrows. The tureen was originally part of a service.
Chinese export porcelain tureen Qing dynasty china United States Metropolitan Museum of Art Old China Trade