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Pottery: Unknown
Stoneware tea caddy of KATATSUKI (square-shouldered) form. Thrown and turned, with everted rim. Variegated brown glaze with natural ash deposits on one side and a run. Indistinct owner’s signature on side in red lacquer. The cover is in two parts; the inside plug of wood, the top of ivory.
History note: Unknown before Frank Brangwyn, RA
Purchased from Frank Brangwyn, using the Glaisher Fund
Height: 10.10 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1934-09-20) by Brangwyn, Frank
17th Century#
Edo Period, Early
Circa
1600
CE
-
Circa
1699
CE
Indistinct owner's signature on side in red lacquer
Lid Plug
composed of
wood
Lid Top
composed of
ivory
Foot
Diameter 4.20 cm
Rim
Diameter 4.80 cm
Tea Caddy
Diameter 7.30 cm
Glazing (coating)
Turning
Throwing
Accession number: C.277 & A-1934
Primary reference Number: 74047
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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