茶入 chaire (lidded tea caddy) with 仕覆 shifuku (cloth bag)

茶入 chaire (lidded tea caddy) with 仕覆 shifuku (cloth bag) , 1600s, Edo period (1600–1868)

Where object was made: Japan

Material/technique: Seto ware; glaze; stoneware; ivory

Dimensions:
Object Height/Diameter (Height x Diameter): a: 7.6 x 6.4 cm
Object Height/Diameter (Height x Diameter): 3 0.99213 x 2 1/2 in
Object Height/Diameter (Height x Diameter): b: 1.2 x 3.5 cm
Object Height/Diameter (Height x Diameter): 0 1/2 x 1 3/8 in
Object Height/Diameter (Height x Diameter): assembled 8.2 x 6.4 cm
Object Height/Diameter (Height x Diameter): 3 1/4 x 2 1/2 in

Credit line: William Bridges Thayer Memorial

Accession number: 1928.1597.a,b,c

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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.