Natsume, or tea caddy

Details

• Title

  Natsume, or tea caddy

• Artist/maker

  Sako Ryūhei (born 1976)

• Associated place

  Asia › Japan (place of creation)

• Date

  2019

• Material and technique

  mokumegane (silver, shakudō, shibuichi, kuromidō)

• Object type

  stimulant/narcotic equipment › tea equipment › tea-caddy

• Dimensions

  7.7 cm (height)
  6.1 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  2

• Credit line

  Presented by Christopher Gorman-Evans, 2020.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA2020.179

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