Object type: Tea jar
Department: Asian Art
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Date: ca. 1780
Medium: Ovoid with slightly projecting base; fine brownish-gray clay; rich mirror-black glaze (Karatsu ware?)
Dimensions: H. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm); Diam. 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm)
Classification: Ceramics
Credit line: The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936


Accession year: 1936