Tea Caddy
CultureJapanese
Date20th century
MediumGlazed stoneware (possibly Seto ware) with ivory lid
DimensionsPart (body): 2 × 2 3/8 inches (5.08 × 6.03 cm)
Part (lid): 3/8 × 1 1/2 inches (0.95 × 3.81 cm)
Part (lid): 3/8 × 1 1/2 inches (0.95 × 3.81 cm)
Credit LineGift of Sadajiro Yamanaka
Object number33-10/20 A,B
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DescriptionSquat, globular form, with incised band on body, or drab clay with iridescent brown underglaze and darker brown drops and rust. With a lid.ProvenanceWith Yamanaka Sadajirō (1866-1936), New York, by August 1932-1933 [1];
His gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1933.
NOTES:
[1] List of offered objects included in a letter from K. Tanaka, Yamanaka & Co. to Langdon Warner, Nelson-Atkins advisor, August 23, 1932, Harvard University, Langdon Warner Personal Archive, box 13, folder 1, copy in Nelson-Atkins curatorial files.
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