Tea jar

Medium

Clay; black glaze with two bands of crackled white glaze; (Awata ware)

Dimensions

H. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm); Diam. 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm); Diam. of rim 1 in. (2.5 cm); Diam. of base 1 1/8 in. (2.9 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

29.100.666

Rights

Public Domain