Tea jar, or chaire

Details

• Title

  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

  17th century (1601 - 1700)

• Material and technique

  stoneware with brown glaze; ivory lid

• Object type

  container › vessel › jar › tea-jar;

  miscellaneous equipment › lid

• Dimensions

  5.7 cm (diameter)
  8.4 cm (with lid) (height)
  8.1 cm (without lid) (height)

• No. of items

  2

• Credit line

  Presented by Henry R. Beeton, 1934.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EAX.1251

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