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- Title
- Bottle
- Artist
- Louis Comfort Tiffany
- Physical Description
- This small bottle consists of iridescent glass with mirror-like surfaces and swirling desigsn in green and brown that evoke agate. The dark designs are in bands that grow up from the base and along the shoulder.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1848-1933
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1896-1900
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.205
- Medium and Support
- glass with federzeichnung decoration in silver luster with amber and green stria
- Date Added/Updated
- 2015-05-15 10:46:04
- Secondary Keywords
- containers
- containers by form
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- drinking vessels
- medium
- modern and contemporary art
- objects we use
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- Title
- Jewish Funeral, Jerusalem, Israel
- Artist
- Leonard Freed
- Physical Description
- A group of Hassidic men standing over a body covered in a cloth. There are windows behind them.
- Object Creation Date
- 1972
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.332
- Medium and Support
- vintage gelatin silver print on paper
- Date Added/Updated
- 2015-02-20 15:37:13
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- ceremonial containers
- containers
- containers by function or context
- document genres
- document genres by form
- document genres for literary works
- funerary containers
- information forms
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- religions and religious concepts
- Title
- Untitled (School Girl in Street, Black and White Version)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Physical Description
- A girl on the street in a red plaid uniform holding a silver teapot.
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.135
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on Kodak paper
- Date Added/Updated
- 2015-02-20 15:35:57
- Secondary Keywords
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by age group
- people by gender
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- vessels for serving drinks
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- youth
- Title
- Test Pilot Ahmet Khan Sultan, Twice Hero of the Soviet Union, Enjoys a Cigarette
- Artist
- Dmitri Baltermants
- Physical Description
- A portrait of a test pilot. He is wearing his uniform and helmet while smoking a cigarette.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1912-1990
- Object Creation Date
- 1961; printed 2003
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.311
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- Date Added/Updated
- 2015-02-20 15:31:16
- Secondary Keywords
- air and space transportation vehicles
- aircraft
- aircraft by form
- costume
- costume by function
- coverings and hangings
- coverings and hangings by location or context
- coverings and hangings by specific type
- coverings and hangings for containers
- coverings for liturgical vessels
- fixed-wing aircraft
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- heavier than air aircraft
- objects we use
- transportation vehicles
- uniforms
- vehicles
- Title
- Untitled (School Girl in Street, Color Version)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Physical Description
- A girl on the street in a red plaid uniform holding a silver teapot.
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.133
- Medium and Support
- color photograph on Kodak Pro paper
- Date Added/Updated
- 2015-02-20 15:23:51
- Secondary Keywords
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by age group
- people by gender
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- vessels for serving drinks
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- youth
- Title
- Cup
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1875
- Accession Number
- 1985/2.44
- Medium and Support
- carved wood
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-11-11 15:15:05
- Secondary Keywords
- african
- african styles by region
- central and equatorial african styles
- central democratic republic of congo styles
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- drinking vessels
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people and culture
- sculpture
- sculpture by technique
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- vessels
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- western democratic republic of congo styles
- Title
- Small Sake Serving Bottle (Tokuri)
- Artist
- Kawajiri Hiroshi
- Physical Description
- Small vase with a wide round bottom and narrow opening done under a copper reduction fire. Tan underglaze. Dark red and black pattern on one side going from the base to the top.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- mid 1980
- Accession Number
- 2013/1.314
- Medium and Support
- wheel thrown brown stoneware
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-08-15 13:04:36
- Secondary Keywords
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- Title
- Small Teapot
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- White ceramic teapot with a thin black handle and lid. There are patterns of blue flowers on the pot and lid. Patterns of green stems on one side of the pot.
- Object Creation Date
- early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2013/1.318A&B
- Medium and Support
- tan stoneware
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-08-15 13:04:13
- Secondary Keywords
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects
- objects we use
- vessels
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- Title
- Still Life with Plums
- Artist
- Oswald Eichinger
- Physical Description
- A still life on a wood table with a white cracked wall behind. On the table are plums, some in a wicker basket and a few on the table. There is a water glass half full and a metal tankard. Behind the basket is a branch with green oval leaves.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1915
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2014/1.607
- Medium and Support
- oil on panel
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-08-15 13:01:55
- Secondary Keywords
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- drinking vessels
- food
- fruit
- materials
- materials by function
- objects we use
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Lion-form Incense Burner
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- A container with an animal (dragon) shaped head as a lid; four paws at the bottom of the container. Glazed stoneware, sculpted with teeth incisions. Tan with red spots of coloring, partiallyy covered with olive colored gloss over a high-fire red clay. Small swirl design on sides and front area has carving to indicate the front/chest of the animal, sculpted with teeth and incisions.
- Object Creation Date
- 1615-1868
- Accession Number
- 2013/1.331A&B
- Medium and Support
- finely textured stoneware
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-08-15 12:59:51
- Secondary Keywords
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- Title
- Medium Sized Bowl
- Artist
- Nagakura Sui
- Physical Description
- A tall ceramic bowl with a flared mouth. A flat bottom sits on a narrow base and a 90 degree angle creates the bowl itself. Rough red matte ceramic, no glaze. Spattered lines of lighter tan color.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 1960s - early 1970s
- Accession Number
- 2013/1.298
- Medium and Support
- red stoneware, wheel thrown and distressed
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-08-15 12:59:48
- Secondary Keywords
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects
- objects we use
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- Title
- Large Lidded Baluster Jar
- Artist
- Daisei Commercial Kiln
- Physical Description
- Large globular container with a narrow bottom and wide top, with a lid. Orange and brown colored with grey drip pattern running down from the top.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- early 1970s
- Accession Number
- 2013/1.317A&B
- Medium and Support
- wheel thrown tan stoneware
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-08-15 12:54:41
- Secondary Keywords
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects
- objects we use
- vessels
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- Title
- Small Saki Serving Bottle (Tokuri)
- Artist
- Kawajiri Yumiko
- Physical Description
- Blue ceramic vase with fat round bottom and a short narrow neck with a round opening at the top. Blue is flecked with white spots. Dark brown/black design near base going up the side of the case. Similar design on the neck of the vase.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- mid 1980
- Accession Number
- 2013/1.309
- Medium and Support
- wheel thrown tan stoneware
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-08-15 12:53:43
- Secondary Keywords
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- Title
- Untitled (bird cage, re-lynching)
- Artist
- Tyree Guyton
- Physical Description
- A splatter painted bird cage stand with a rounded top cage on top in red, green, orange, white and blue. There is mesh on one side of the bottom of the cage that is also splatter painted. Inside the cage hanging from the top is a small bell, part of an American flag and a replica of a human penis, painted black, hanging upside down.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1955
- Object Creation Date
- 1980-2010
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.312
- Medium and Support
- metal bird cage stand, American flag, rubber elements, metal bell and rectangular-shaped screen
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-03-13 12:12:02
- Secondary Keywords
- hollow-bodied
- american regions
- animal husbandry containers
- bells and sets of bells
- chordophones
- containers
- containers by function or context
- directly struck idiophones
- identifying artifacts
- information artifacts
- information artifacts by function
- information forms
- north american
- objects we use
- people and culture
- percussion idiophones
- sound devices
- sound devices by acoustical characteristics
- struck idiophones
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- the americas
- Title
- Decorative Ewer with Satyrs
- Artist
- Mathias Zündt
- Physical Description
- The ewer in this drawing is decorated with cavorting satyrs, lions, and grotesque masks.
- Artist Life Dates
- c. 1498-1572
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1551-1572
- Accession Number
- 1960/2.21
- Medium and Support
- pen and brown ink with ink wash on paper
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-03-13 12:11:46
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- design elements
- legendary creatures
- motifs
- objects we use
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- West Boston, MA, March 29th, Armstrong's House (David's Visit), from "Dinner Table Series"
- Artist
- Stephen Dirado
- Physical Description
- Family members sitting around a dining table.
- Object Creation Date
- 1997
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.121
- Medium and Support
- toned gelatin silver print on paper
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-03-13 12:10:36
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- dishes
- dwellings
- events
- groups of people
- kinship groups
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- plates (dishes)
- residential structures
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- social groups
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- Title
- Untitled (bird cage with plane)
- Artist
- Tyree Guyton
- Physical Description
- A red bird cage stand with a half-circle red cage on top. Inside the cage there is a plastic green, yellow and red airplane toy hanging from the top. There is a white and black figure inside the plane.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1955
- Object Creation Date
- 1980-2010
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.311
- Medium and Support
- metal bird cage stand, plastic toy airplane with plastic figurine
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-03-13 12:02:42
- Secondary Keywords
- air and space transportation vehicles
- aircraft
- aircraft by form
- animal husbandry containers
- containers
- containers by function or context
- fixed-wing aircraft
- heavier than air aircraft
- objects we use
- recreational artifacts
- recreational artifacts for noncompetitive activities
- transportation vehicles
- vehicles
- Title
- Sheffield silver hallmark inkwell, rounded container
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Physical Description
- A silver metal inkwell has a shape and body like a foundain. The edges of the bottom and the lid of the inkwell is irregular.
- Object Creation Date
- 1875-1975
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.302
- Medium and Support
- glass, metal
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-02-14 00:35:27
- Secondary Keywords
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for writing equipment
- descriptors
- glass and glassmaking mixtures
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal and metal products
- objects we use
- Title
- Faceted Jar (Tea Ceremoy Water Container or Mizusashi)
- Artist
- Jinnai Toru
- Physical Description
- A container with a cylinder shaped body and a wide opening, it has a pattern of lines on the outer body. Dark brown coloring. Small series of lines near the top of the bowl that go all the way around. Rest of the bowl has slightly curved beveled edges that go from top ot bottom.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 1960s - early 1970s
- Accession Number
- 2013/1.308
- Medium and Support
- Bizen style reduction fired dark red/brown heavily grogged body
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-02-14 00:34:30
- Secondary Keywords
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects
- objects we use
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- Title
- Hammered Sterling Silver Inkwell with sterling silver lid
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Physical Description
- Silver inkwell made with glass, metal and silver; it has a cylinder body and a round top lid. The body of the inkwell is covered with patterns.
- Object Creation Date
- 1875-1975
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.290
- Medium and Support
- glass, metal
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-02-14 00:34:07
- Secondary Keywords
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- containers for writing equipment
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- drinking vessels
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- Title
- Round Inkwell with Apple Blossoms, poreclain, round marked "CFM/CDM FRANCE", limoges
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Physical Description
- A purple color inkwell made with porcelain has drawings of apple blossom all around the outside of the inkwell. And there is a lid cover on the top of the inkwell.
- Object Creation Date
- 1875-1975
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.294
- Medium and Support
- porcelain
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-02-14 00:33:53
- Secondary Keywords
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for writing equipment
- european
- european styles and periods
- flowers
- modern british ceramics styles
- modern british decorative arts styles and movements
- modern british styles and movements
- modern european regional styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- objects we use
- people and culture
- plants
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- the natural world
- Title
- Large Plate
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- A flat, wide ceramic plate. Jumping kana chatter decoration. Pattern of slightly wavy lines explodes out from the center. Rust-bronze coloring.
- Object Creation Date
- late 19th century - early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2013/1.337
- Medium and Support
- wheel thrown brown stoneware
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-02-14 00:33:29
- Secondary Keywords
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects
- objects we use
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- Title
- Covered Dish
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Germany
- Physical Description
- White ceramic dish with attached covered bowl. Gold leave detail border and flower motifs as decoration. The handle of the dish cover is a ceramic detailed and painted flower.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2009/2.9
- Medium and Support
- glazed porcelain
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-02-14 00:32:55
- Secondary Keywords
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- design elements
- motifs
- objects we use
- plant-derived motifs
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- Title
- Small Sake Tokuri or Vase
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Small elongated vase with a slim body and narrow neck. Neck is a shiny brown glaze. The lower half is white with blue circular designs.
- Object Creation Date
- late 19th century- early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2013/1.332
- Medium and Support
- white porcelain
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-02-14 00:32:41
- Secondary Keywords
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- Title
- Inkwell of art nouveau design, crystal with sterling silver lid, rounded corners
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Physical Description
- A crystal inwell with a cube body and rounded edge corners and a silver lid on top.
- Object Creation Date
- 1875-1975
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.286
- Medium and Support
- glass, metal
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-02-14 00:32:39
- Secondary Keywords
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- containers for writing equipment
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- drinking vessels
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal and metal products
- objects we use
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- Title
- Blue Ceramic Inkwell with Ram Design on Lid, Roycroft pottery blue-aqua inkwell, lid and insert
- Artist
- Roycroft Pottery
- Physical Description
- An inkwell made with ceramics in blue color. It is flat and round, wider on the bottom, and narrower on the top; and the lid cover has a ram head crafting on it.
- Object Creation Date
- 1875-1975
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.293
- Medium and Support
- ceramic
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-02-14 00:32:07
- Secondary Keywords
- colors
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for writing equipment
- descriptors
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- visual and tactile
- Title
- Three-Sided Green Iridescent Inkwell, art nouveau style
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Physical Description
- A three-sided inkwell with green iridescent colored glass. The inkwell is in a tiranglar pyramid shape, which there is a wooden cap on the top.
- Object Creation Date
- 1875-1975
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.292
- Medium and Support
- glass, metal, wood
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-02-14 00:32:05
- Secondary Keywords
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for writing equipment
- descriptors
- glass and glassmaking mixtures
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal and metal products
- objects we use
- Title
- Large Bowl
- Artist
- Kyushu Koishibara
- Physical Description
- Large, deep and wide ceramic bell-lipped bowl. It sits on a narrow base and curves outward. It is a greenish-gray color; the outside is streaked ith copper and dark brown colored streaks. Celadon glaze with crackle on the inside, with temoku register on the outside; red-color clay.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 1960s - early 1970s
- Accession Number
- 2013/1.330
- Medium and Support
- dark stoneware
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-02-14 00:31:45
- Secondary Keywords
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- Title
- Large Globular Vase with Wide Opening
- Artist
- Jinnai Toru
- Physical Description
- A round, sphere-shaped vase. Brown-ish matte ash glaze with brushed arch patterns in small waves going around entire object.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 1960s - early 1970s
- Accession Number
- 2013/1.335
- Medium and Support
- medium brown stoneware
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-02-14 00:31:34
- Secondary Keywords
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects
- objects we use
- vessels
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- Title
- Portable Tea Ceremony Set - Wipe
- Artist
- Eiraku Wazen
- Physical Description
- Rectangular linen wipe.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1823-1896
- Object Creation Date
- late 19th century - early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.82M
- Medium and Support
- linen
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-02-14 00:31:29
- Secondary Keywords
- ceremonies
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- cultural ceremonies
- descriptors
- events
- food
- materials
- materials by function
- objects we use
- people and culture
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- vessels for serving drinks
- Title
- "Martin Bros." London, 296.S patt. 4-sided inkwell, pot liner, bird, blue & gray stone ware, flowers on panels
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Physical Description
- A square ceramic inkwell with a motif of a bird on a branch on one side and a motif of flowers on the other. The base of the inkwell is beige and the pictures are green and black.
- Object Creation Date
- 1875-1975
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.245
- Medium and Support
- ceramic
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-02-14 00:31:09
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- buildings and the land
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for writing equipment
- descriptors
- herbaceous plants
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- plants
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants
- Title
- Portable Tea Ceremony Set - Interior Tea Scoop Bag
- Artist
- Eiraku Wazen
- Physical Description
- Brown and tan designs on top of tan silk. Also a tan colored silk inside. Long oval in shape.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1823-1896
- Object Creation Date
- late 19th century - early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.82O
- Medium and Support
- silk
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-02-14 00:30:42
- Secondary Keywords
- ceremonies
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- cultural ceremonies
- descriptors
- events
- food
- materials
- materials by function
- objects we use
- people and culture
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- vessels for serving drinks
- Title
- Vase with Short Narrow Neck
- Artist
- Goda Michio
- Physical Description
- Ceramic container with rough surface. It has a round body and a short narrow neck. (after Korean Silla 7 Japanese Sueki traditions). Reduction fired with heavy green to grey matte ash glaze with drips.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- early 1970s
- Accession Number
- 2013/1.313
- Medium and Support
- dark stoneware
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-02-14 00:30:38
- Secondary Keywords
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects
- objects we use
- vessels
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- Title
- Small Teapot
- Artist
- Onda Kilns, Kyushu, Japan
- Physical Description
- A wide diamond-angled teapot and lid with straw (or wood) wrapped handle. The pot is a blue-green color with copper-colored flecks throughout. Green glaze.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2013/1.323A&B
- Medium and Support
- reduction fired stoneware
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-02-14 00:30:34
- Secondary Keywords
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects
- objects we use
- vessels
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- Title
- Portable Tea Ceremony Set - Sweets Container
- Artist
- Eiraku Wazen
- Physical Description
- White ceramic jar with red hatching, green, black and gold painted designs. Has a small opening on top with a rounded edge.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1823-1896
- Object Creation Date
- late 19th century - early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.82I
- Medium and Support
- ceramic
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-02-14 00:30:17
- Secondary Keywords
- ceremonies
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- cultural ceremonies
- descriptors
- events
- food
- materials
- materials by function
- objects we use
- people and culture
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- vessels for serving drinks
- Title
- Portable Tea Ceremony Set - Sweet Container Lid
- Artist
- Eiraku Wazen
- Physical Description
- Bamboo circular lid with small piece to hold on top.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1823-1896
- Object Creation Date
- late 19th century - early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.82H
- Medium and Support
- bamboo
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-02-14 00:30:17
- Secondary Keywords
- ceremonies
- containers
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- people and culture
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- vessels for serving drinks
- Title
- Large Sake Bottle (Matsushiro ware?)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- A tall, round vase that tapers into a tall neck with lipped mouth. The neck of the vase is blue-green and brush strokes extend onto the white-grey surface of the body of the vase. Green glaze over ash glaze.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 1960s - early 1970s
- Accession Number
- 2013/1.315
- Medium and Support
- reduction fired gray stoneware
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-02-14 00:30:03
- Secondary Keywords
- containers
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- Title
- Large Globular Vase
- Artist
- Hirosaki Hiroku
- Physical Description
- Vase with a narrow bottom and wide top. Gray ash glaze with green matte glaze on upper part, incised rings.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 1960s - early 1970s
- Accession Number
- 2013/1.319
- Medium and Support
- reduction fired stoneware
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-02-14 00:29:46
- Secondary Keywords
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
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- descriptors
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- vessels for serving and consuming food
- Title
- Portable Tea Ceremony Set - Container (Chabako)
- Artist
- Eiraku Wazen
- Physical Description
- Oval wooden container with circular designs around. There are metal hooks and purple ribbons.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1823-1896
- Object Creation Date
- late 19th century - early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.82A
- Medium and Support
- bamboo, wood, lacquer
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-02-14 00:29:14
- Secondary Keywords
- ceremonies
- containers
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- food
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- materials by function
- objects we use
- people and culture
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- vessels for serving drinks
- Title
- Portable Tea Ceremony Set - Towel (Kobukusa)
- Artist
- Eiraku Wazen
- Physical Description
- Square green silk with gold embroidered designs on both sides.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1823-1896
- Object Creation Date
- late 19th century - early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.82S
- Medium and Support
- silk
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-02-14 00:28:55
- Secondary Keywords
- ceremonies
- containers
- containers by function or context
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- people and culture
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- vessels for serving drinks
- Title
- Square cut-crystal, cut corners, monogrammed sterling lid
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Physical Description
- A square cut-crystal inkwell with a monogrammed sterling silver lid.
- Object Creation Date
- 1875-1975
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.255
- Medium and Support
- glass, metal
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-02-14 00:28:48
- Secondary Keywords
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for writing equipment
- descriptors
- glass and glassmaking mixtures
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- metalwork
- object genres
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- objects we use
- Title
- Cut Crystal and Sterling Silver Inkwell, 1876-1901 800 European silver MARZ, twisted swirls
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Physical Description
- An inkwell made of glass and cur crystal has a special body shape of twisted swirls. There is a round metal lid cover.
- Object Creation Date
- 1876-1901
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.303
- Medium and Support
- glass, metal
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-02-14 00:28:17
- Secondary Keywords
- containers
- containers by function or context
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- descriptors
- glass and glassmaking mixtures
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- Title
- Portable Tea Ceremony Set - Box Lid
- Artist
- Eiraku Wazen
- Physical Description
- Brown with tan, green and blue circular designs. Maroon tie, royal blue interior.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1823-1896
- Object Creation Date
- late 19th century - early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.82J
- Medium and Support
- silk with embroidery
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-02-14 00:28:02
- Secondary Keywords
- ceremonies
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- containers by function or context
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- Title
- Covered Bowl (Casserole)
- Artist
- Gen Murata
- Physical Description
- Ceramic bowl with a lid on top. Matte grey with concentric rings of different tonalities, varrying shades of brown and grey. White glaze drip around lid.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1904-1988
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 1960s - early 1970s
- Accession Number
- 2013/1.307A&B
- Medium and Support
- pale terracotta colored fine-grained stoneware
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-02-14 00:27:32
- Secondary Keywords
- containers
- containers by function or context
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- descriptors
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- Title
- Small Globular Vase
- Artist
- Tomonari Kiyoshi
- Physical Description
- Pinkish-orange ceramic container with a sphere shaped body and a very small opening. Drip pattern in brown going down side.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 1960s - early 1970s
- Accession Number
- 2013/1.310
- Medium and Support
- wheel thrown tan stoneware
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-02-14 00:27:24
- Secondary Keywords
- containers
- containers by function or context
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- Title
- Light amber two-bottle inkwell with pen rest
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Physical Description
- An amber, two-bottle inkwell. Rectangular in shape with a lip that acts as a pen rest.
- Object Creation Date
- 1875-1975
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.247
- Medium and Support
- glass, metal
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-02-14 00:27:06
- Secondary Keywords
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for writing equipment
- descriptors
- glass and glassmaking mixtures
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- materials
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- objects we use
- Title
- Plate
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- A cross-hatched ceramic plate with a glazed bowl. The glaze is a thick pale to dark green with a significant pooling to one side.
- Accession Number
- 2013/1.306
- Medium and Support
- stoneware
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-02-14 00:26:56
- Secondary Keywords
- containers
- containers by function or context
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- Title
- Sterling silver inkwell, round corners
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Physical Description
- A square, silver inkwell with rounded corners.
- Object Creation Date
- 1875-1975
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.257
- Medium and Support
- metal
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-02-14 00:26:48
- Secondary Keywords
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for writing equipment
- descriptors
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal and metal products
- metalwork
- object genres
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- objects we use
- Title
- English hallmarked inkwell set with 2 bottles and pen insert, inkwell crystal, "ICHDIEN"
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, England
- Physical Description
- Two small cube shape inkwell bottle is placed on a metal stand tray. There is also a penholder and a pen on the metal stand tray.
- Object Creation Date
- 1875-1975
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.307
- Medium and Support
- glass, metal
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-02-14 00:26:38
- Secondary Keywords
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for writing equipment
- descriptors
- glass and glassmaking mixtures
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal and metal products
- objects we use
- Title
- Portable Tea Ceremony Set - Pouch for tea container (natsume)
- Artist
- Eiraku Wazen
- Physical Description
- Green silk with gold embroidery, purple rope tie and brown interior
- Artist Life Dates
- 1823-1896
- Object Creation Date
- late 19th century - early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.82F
- Medium and Support
- silk with embroidery
- Date Added/Updated
- 2014-02-14 00:25:57
- Secondary Keywords
- ceremonies
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- cultural ceremonies
- descriptors
- events
- food
- materials
- materials by function
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- people and culture
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- vessels for serving drinks