Mukōzuke, or side dish used for the Japanese tea ceremony

Details

• Title

  Mukōzuke, or side dish used for the Japanese tea ceremony

• Associated place

  Asia › Japan › Honshū › Gifu prefecture › Mino province › Mino kiln-sites (place of creation)

• Date

  1570 - 1620

• Material and technique

  stoneware, with painting in iron-oxide pigment under a copper-green glaze

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › pottery › stoneware

• Technique index

  covered › coated › painted;

  glazed

• Object type

  container › food-container

• Dimensions

  9.1 x 5.5 x 5.8 cm (height x width x depth)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Purchased, 1972.

• Museum location

  Second floor | Gallery 37 | Japan 1600 - 1850

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1972.1

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