Lidded bulbous tea jar, or chaire

Details

• Title

  Lidded bulbous tea jar, or chaire

• Associated place

  Asia › Japan (place of creation)

  Asia › Japan › Honshū › Aichi prefecture › Owari province › Seto › Seto kiln-sites (probable) (probable place of creation)

• Date

  2nd half of the 17th century

• Material and technique

  stoneware, with brown and black glaze; ivory lid

• Object type

  container › vessel › jar › tea-jar

• Dimensions

  7.2 cm (diameter)
  7.4 cm (with lid) (height)
  7.1 cm (without lid) (height)

• No. of items

  2

• Credit line

  Purchased, 1968.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1968.19

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