Tea caddy with a darkbrown glaze

anonymous, anonymous, c. 1600 - c. 1800

Tea caddy. Japan, central Honshû, Seto or Mino. Late 16th century. Stoneware, Seto or Mino ware. Westendorp bequest.

  • Artwork typechaire, stoftheebus
  • Object numberAK-MAK-756
  • Dimensionsheight 7.3 cm, height 6.9 cm, diameter 2.5 cm, diameter 5.8 cm, diameter 2.6 cm, height 0.8 cm x diameter 2.6 cm
  • Physical characteristicssteengoed met een donkerbruin glazuur en ivoren deksel

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Tea caddy with a darkbrown glaze

  • Object type

  • Object number

    AK-MAK-756

  • Description

    Stoftheebus of chaire van steengoed met een ivoren deksel, gedeeltelijk bedekt met een donkerbruin glazuur. Het onderste deel van de bus is ongeglazuurd. Oud label aan de binnenzijde met 'Kyushu'. Kyushu.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    label: ‘Kyushu’

Creation

  • Creation

    • potter: anonymous, Japan
    • potter: anonymous, Kyushu (possibly)

  • Dating

    c. 1600 - c. 1800

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    steengoed met een donkerbruin glazuur en ivoren deksel

  • Dimensions

    • height 7.3 cm
    • height 6.9 cm
    • diameter 2.5 cm
    • diameter 5.8 cm
    • diameter 2.6 cm
    • height 0.8 cm x diameter 2.6 cm

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (Westendorp-Osieck bequest, 1968)

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; collection of Herman Karel Westendorp (1868-1941), Amsterdam, 1941;{Note RMA.} his widow Betsy Westendorp-Osieck (1880-1968), Amsterdam, by whom bequeathed to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 1968;{note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1972

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  • Tea caddy with a darkbrown glaze
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