Title: Tea jar
Object type: Tea jar
Date: 18th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium: Rō-iro lacquer decorated with cranes in landscape, in gold takamakie with shading yasuriko and kirikane; interior lined with metal; underside of lid and bottom nashiji
Dimensions: H. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm); W. 2 3/8 in. (6 cm); L. 2 3/8 in. (6 cm)
Classification: Lacquer
Credit line: H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Cranes, term: Trees