Title: Eggplant-shaped Tea Caddy (Chaire), named Shira Tsuyu (White Dew)
Object type: Tea caddy
Date: 17th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Shinbei 
Artist bio: Japanese
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Stoneware with iron glaze and an ivory lid
Dimensions: H. 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm); Diam. 2 15/16 in. (7.5 cm)
Classification: Ceramics
Credit line: Gift of Peggy and Richard M. Danziger, 2024
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY