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Pottery: Unknown
Brown stoneware tea caddy of tall shiribukura (fat-bottomed) form and with inverted rim. Thrown and turned. Thin ash glaze, then dipped at the top with shiny crimson glaze, producing 11 large glaze runs. Prominent iron spots. Ivory lid
History note: Unknown before Frank Brangwyn, RA
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Height: 9.30 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1934-09-20) by Brangwyn, Frank
19th Century
Edo period (1615-1868) / Meiji period (1868-1912)
Circa
1800
CE
-
Circa
1899
CE
Similar piece in American Museum
Exterior
composed of
glaze
( after thin ash glaze, then dipped at the top with shiny crimson glaze.)
Lid
composed of
ivory
Rim
Diameter 3.70 cm
Foot
Diameter 4.60 cm
Tea Caddy
Diameter 7.30 cm
Throwing
: Prominent iron spots
Glazing (coating)
Turning
Accession number: C.160 & A-1934
Primary reference Number: 72288
Brangwyn collection: BJ.31
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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