Tea Ceremony Utensil Box
ca. 1700-1850 (made)
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Portable tea ceremony sets were often used outdoors in the Edo period (1615-1868). A typical set consists of a box holding a tea-bowl, a tea caddy, a small bamboo tea scoop, a small cotton cloth in a container, a box for incense, a silk napkin and a container for sweets.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 9 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Lacquered wood |
| Brief description | Tea ceremony utensil box, wood covered in black lacquer with gold lacquer details; silver alloy fittings; bamboo whisk, Japan, about 1700-1850. |
| Physical description | This is a a tea ceremony utensil box, which is rectangular with a removable front, containing a drawer, a tea-bowl of Bizen pottery and a loose board holding a tea-whisk with its sheath and a tea-jar in two tiers, fittings of silver including a loose handle with chrysanthemum escutcheons. It is black lacquer, with the edges of rich nashiji. |
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| Credit line | Alexander Gift |
| Summary | Portable tea ceremony sets were often used outdoors in the Edo period (1615-1868). A typical set consists of a box holding a tea-bowl, a tea caddy, a small bamboo tea scoop, a small cotton cloth in a container, a box for incense, a silk napkin and a container for sweets. |
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| Accession number | W.316 to I-1916 |
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| Record created | June 12, 2009 |
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