Tea Caddy and Lid
1550-1600 (made)
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Tea caddy of brown stoneware, with a mottled brown iron glaze. Fitted with an ivory lid.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Brief description | Tea caddy, stoneware with iron glaze, with ivory lid; Japan, Seto/Mino, 1550-1600 |
| Physical description | Tea caddy of brown stoneware, with a mottled brown iron glaze. Fitted with an ivory lid. |
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| Gallery label | Tea Caddy with Ivory Lid
Stoneware with brown glaze
Seto or Mino kilns
About 1550-1600
Tea jars were used for storing dried tea leaves. Just before use these were ground into powdered form and put into tea caddies.(1986) |
| Object history | Purchased from the Japanese Commissioners for the Philadelphia Exposition of 1876, accessioned in 1877. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Augustus Wollaston Franks and M. Shioda, Japanese Pottery. [London]: Chapman & Hall Ltd., 1880. South Kensington Museum Art Handbooks; 18.
Catalogue number 11; illustrated on p.30 |
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| Accession number | 170-1877 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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