Title: Tea Caddy (Chaire)
Object type: Tea caddy
Date: 18th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium: Stoneware with iron and rice-straw ash glazes (Satsuma ware)
Dimensions: H. 4 in. (10.2 cm); Diam. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); Diam. of rim: 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm); Diam. of base: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)
Classification: Ceramics
Credit line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY