Tea Caddy (Chaire)

Medium

Brown clay, mottled, thick brown glaze streaked with light brown (Ko Seto ware)

Dimensions

H. 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm); Diam. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm)

Classification

Ceramics

Culture & Period

Japan · Muromachi period (1392–1573)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929

Accession Number

29.100.646