Tea Caddy
1600-1700 (Made)
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Tea caddy of cylindrical shape rounded immediately above the flat base, with narrow stepped shoulder, wide mouth and short upright, slightly rolled rim; throwing marks visible under the glossy dark brown glaze, which is mottled with patches of ligher brown; a single tear-drop like patch of glaze defines the front of the caddy; white ivory lid
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Stoneware, thrown, with mottled brown glaze; ivory lid |
| Brief description | Tea caddy with ivory lid, Zeze ware, Japanese, 1600-1700 |
| Physical description | Tea caddy of cylindrical shape rounded immediately above the flat base, with narrow stepped shoulder, wide mouth and short upright, slightly rolled rim; throwing marks visible under the glossy dark brown glaze, which is mottled with patches of ligher brown; a single tear-drop like patch of glaze defines the front of the caddy; white ivory lid |
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| 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: 52 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 211&LID-1877 |
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| Record created | December 15, 1999 |
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