Tea jar

Medium

Clay; metallic glaze running into darker tones (Takatori ware)

Dimensions

H. inc. lid 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm); Diam. 2 3/8 in. (6 cm); Diam. of rim 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm); Diam. of base 1 1/2 in. (3.8 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

29.100.654