Toshiro tea caddy with lid, unknown maker from Japan

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Toshiro tea caddy with lid
Toshiro tea caddy with lid
Toshiro tea caddy with lid
1400s?, Muromachi period (1338–1573)
Toshiro tea caddy with lid , 1400s?, Muromachi period (1338–1573)
Where object was made: Japan
Material/technique: glaze; pottery
Dimensions:
Object Height/Diameter (Height x Diameter): 8.9 x 10.8 cm
Object Height/Diameter (Height x Diameter): 3 1/2 x 4 1/4 in
Credit line: William Bridges Thayer Memorial
Accession number: 1928.1540.a,b
Not on display
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Exhibition Label:
Asian Gallery, Spring 2003, Youmi Efurd
There is great variety of form and decoration among ceramic tea caddies, but almost all of them have in common an ivory lid with a gold underside. Most of the great or famous ceramic caddies have bags of fine silk or cloth of gold to accompany them.