Tea Caddy
CultureJapanese
Date19th century
MediumShidoro in the style of Takatori ware; glazed stoneware with ivory lid
DimensionsOverall: 3 5/8 × 2 1/4 inches (9.21 × 5.72 cm)
Credit LineGift of Sadajiro Yamanaka
Object number33-10/24.A,B
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DescriptionAn egg plant shaped tea caddy of drab clay with a reddish brown unerglaze; a dark brown running glaze decorates the upper half of the body. 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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