Object type: Tea jar
Department: Asian Art
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Date: ca. 1845
Medium: Clay with tortoise shell glaze, almost black, shading to golden brown (Shigaraki ware)
Dimensions: H. 2 5/8 in. (6.7 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