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Tea Caddy
Tea Caddy
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Tea Caddy

Artist/Culture
Artist/Culture
Dateabout 1800
Mediumglazed stoneware
Dimensions8.3 cm (3 1/4 in.)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1954.102
DescriptionNo lid. Gourd shaped, pinched in at the middle, with two small handles. Temmoku glaze, flying birds at sides of handles, unglazed at bottom, inscribed with Japanese characters. [William Thrasher - unusual shape - July 2002]
ProvenanceWilder D. Bancroft, Ithaca, NY
On View
Not on view
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