Seto ware tea caddy (chaire)
Maker
Unidentified artist
MediumGlazed stoneware
DimensionsHeight: 3 1/4 inches (8.3 cm)
CultureJapan
PeriodEdo period (1603–1867)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineGift of Dr. Henry D. Rosin and Nancy Rosin
Terms
- Ceramics
- Stoneware
- Japanese
- Stoneware with brown glaze
- Tea caddies
- Tea services
- Vessels - Boxes
Object number83.120.002
Label CopyChaire is a tea caddy that is used to store thick tea powder. The shape was inspired by medicine jars from China, which were disposable vessels to the Chinese. However, tea connoisseurs in Japan collected them as precious utensils for tea.Collections
Unidentified artist
17th century
Unidentified artist
