Iron Tea Kettle (Teppin; Tetsubin; Tedori-Gama)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 9 Mar 1859
name: label: Donor Name
content: Emperor Of Japan
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "GLOBULAR SHAPE MODIFIED INTO A DOUBLE CURVE. WITH SIDE SPOUT, BRASS LOOP HANDLE, AND THIN FLAT BRASS COVER HAVING A SMALL GREEN BEAD HANDLE. THE OUTSIDE OF THE CAST IRON SIDES ARE DECORATED WITH CAST IN DESIGNS OF LEAVES IN RELIEF. JAN. 1969 LOAN TO JAPAN SOCIETY N.Y.C."
label: Notes
content: See Chang-Su Houchins. 1995. Artifacts of Diplomacy: Smithsonian Collections from Commodore Matthew Perry's Japan Expedition (1853-1854). Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology, Number 37. P 108. Houchins identifies as "Shibuichi (silver inlaid) cast iron kettle for use in the tea ceremony. ... The main circular body is ornamented with the shibuichi effect of grey patina ... in a relief design of the maple leaf. The foot, with a stylized geometric wave pattern, also in relief."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 6 Dec 2018
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Japan, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Japanese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 199043
label: USNM Number
content: E283-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Kettle
physicalDescription: label: Height
content: 13.2 cm
label: Depth
content: 17.5 cm