Tea Caddy (Chaire)

Medium

Clay covered with glaze (Satsuma ware)

Dimensions

H. 4 in. (10.2 cm); Diam. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); Diam. of rim: 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm); Diam. of base: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)

Classification

Ceramics

Culture & Period

Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891

Accession Number

91.1.146