Tea Cup and Saucer

Unknown Artist

dated 1731

Tea Cup and Saucer by Unknown Artist

Medium

Shakudo (copper alloy) and gold

Dimensions

H. (cup): 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); Diam. (cup): 3 in. (7.6 cm); Diam. (saucer): 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm)

Classification

Metalwork

Culture & Period

Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Rogers Fund and Bequest of James Alexander Scrymser, by exchange, 1984

Accession Number

1984.233a, b

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