Tea jar

Unknown Artist

18th century

Tea jar by Unknown Artist

Medium

Clay, underglaze with large areas of dark brown overglaze, showing slight iridescence (Takatori ware)

Dimensions

H. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm); Diam. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm)

Classification

Ceramics

Culture & Period

Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)

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

29.100.653

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