Tea Caddy
ca. 1775-1850 (made)
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Wood covered in black, gold and brown lacquer |
| Brief description | Tea caddy, wood covered in black lacquer with autumn plants, butterflies and praying mantis under a full moon in gold and brown lacquer, Japan, ca. 1775-1850 |
| Physical description | Tea caddy (natsume), oviform with a lid. Wood covered in black lacquer with autumn plants, butterflies and praying mantis under a full moon in gold and brown hiramaki-e (low sprinkled picture), takamaki-e (high sprinkled picture) and togidashi maki-e (polished out sprinkled picture) lacquer; plain black lacquer interior. |
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| Credit line | Salting Bequest |
| Object history | Bequeathed by Mr. George Salting, accessioned in 1910. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project. |
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| Accession number | W.485-1910 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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