Object type: Tea jar
Department: Asian Art
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist: Shibata Kyuzan
Artist bio: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Japanese
Date: ca. 1850
Medium: Clay with thin copper brown glaze with single dark splash and drip (Inaba ware)
Dimensions: H. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); Diam. 2 5/16 in. (5.9 cm)
Classification: Ceramics
Credit line: The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936
Accession year: 1936