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Pottery: Unknown
Grey stoneware tea caddy of KATATSUKI (square-shouldered) form with everted rim. Incised ring just above mid-height. Initial (diagonal) dip of top in Tenmoku glaze, followed by dip in transparent glaze. NAMAKO (sea slug) effect. On one side, possibly wood-ash deposition in firing. The cover is in two parts; the top is deteriorated and warped ivory, the plug part of wood.
History note: Unknown before Frank Brangwyn, RA
Purchased from Frank Brangwyn, using the Glaisher Fund
Height: 8.40 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1934-09-20) by Brangwyn, Frank
19th Century
Edo period (1615-1868) / Meiji period (1868-1912)
Circa
1800
-
Circa
1899
Lid Plug
composed of
wood
Lid
composed of
ivory
Rim
Diameter 3.00 cm
Foot
Diameter 3.60 cm
Tea Caddy
Diameter 5.70 cm
Tenmoku glaze followed by dip in transparent glaze to achieve NAMAKO (sea slug) effect
Glazing (coating)
Stoneware
Throwing
: Initial (diagonal) dip of top in Tenmoku glaze, followed by dip in transparent glaze. NAMAKO (sea slug) effect.
On one side, possibly wood-ash deposition in firing.
Altering and incising
Turning
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: C.276 & A-1934
Primary reference Number: 74032
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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