Title: Tea jar
Object type: Tea jar
Date: ca. 1660
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Nonomura Ninsei 
Artist bio: Japanese, active ca. 1646–94
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Clay; black glaze with two bands of crackled white glaze; (Awata ware)
Dimensions: H. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm); Diam. 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm); Diam. of rim 1 in. (2.5 cm); Diam. of base 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm)
Classification: Ceramics
Credit line: H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY