Tea caddy with a brown glaze, anonymous, anonymous, c. 1600 - c. 1800

Identification

Title(s)

Tea caddy with a brown glaze

Object type

Object number

AK-MAK-781

Inscriptions / marks

label: ‘ko seto’

Description

Stoftheebus of chaire van steengoed met een ivoren deksel, gedeeltelijk bedekt met een bruin glazuur. Het onderste deel van de bus is ongeglazuurd. Oud label aan de binnenzijde met 'ko seto'. Seto.

Creation

Artist

anonymous

Place

Japan

Dating

c. 1600 - c. 1800

School / style

Edo-period (1600-1868)

Material and Technique

Physical features

stoneware

Material

Technique

vitrification

Measurements

height 9.7 cm
height 8.4 cm
diameter 2.9 cm
diameter 6 cm
diameter 3.4 cm
height 2 cm × diameter 3.1 cm

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (Westendorp-Osieck bequest, 1968)

Acquisition

loan 1972

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; collection of Herman Karel Westendorp (1868-1941), Amsterdam, 1941;{Note RMA.} his widow Betsy Westendorp-Osieck (1880-1968), Amsterdam, by whom bequeathed to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 1968;{note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1972

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Documentation

Aziatische kunst, cat.nr. 77
Asian art, cat.nr. 77
Japanese tea culture : art, history, and practice

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.1382

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