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Pottery: Unknown
Brown stoneware tea caddy of KATATSUKI (square-shouldered) form. Incised partial ring above mid-height. Dipped in Tenmoku glaze to middle. Ash applied to shoulder has produced brown/green glaze on shoulder with a single striking run. With ivory lid
History note: Unknown before Frank Brangywn, RA
Purchased with the Glasiher Fund
Height: 7.70 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1934-09-20) by Brangwyn, Frank
18th Century
Edo Period (1615-1868)
Circa
1700
CE
-
Circa
1799
CE
Lid
composed of
ivory
Tea Caddy
Diameter 4.20 cm
Tenmoku glaze,
Glaze
Stoneware
Glazing (coating)
Altering and incising
Turning
Throwing
Accession number: C.274 & A-1934
Primary reference Number: 73998
Old object number: BJ 111
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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