Tea caddy "large sea" (daikai) in brown & black glaze, with silk pouch / Seto Shunkei II
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- Accession Number
- 1954/1.533A&B
- Title
- Tea caddy "large sea" (daikai) in brown & black glaze, with silk pouch
- Artist
- Seto Shunkei II
- Artist Nationality
- Japanese
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with brown and black glaze, ivory lid
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century - 18th century
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
- Dimensions
- 4.6 cm x 7.8 cm x 7.8 cm (1 13/16 in. x 3 1/16 in. x 3 1/16 in.)
- Century
- 17th–18th century
- Physical Description
- This squat tea caddy is decorated with brown glaze with splotches of black. It is capped with a round ivory lid with a small circular knob-handle.
- Subject Matter
- Chairé (tea caddies) are used to store finely ground tea powder. Usually made of dark clay and glazes without ostentatious decorations, tea caddies are highly prized in the wabi tea ceremony, in which simplicity and a refined rusticity are cultivated and often contrasted with more opulent styles. The culture of wabi was widespread among the samurai class and was often marked by an intricate layering of materials, meanings, and both visual and literary puns.
- This tea caddy is a type called daikai (“large sea”). Shifuku (silk pouches) here are prized pieces of art and would have been presented along with the tea caddy at a ceremony.
- Secondary Keywords
- ceramics
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for storing or transporting food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- food
- materials
- materials by function
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- pottery (object genre)
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 721 x 555
- File Size
- 33 KB
- Record
- 1954/1.533A&B
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"Tea caddy "large sea" (daikai) in brown & black glaze, with silk pouch; Seto Shunkei II." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1954-sl-1.533a-amp-amp-sem-b/1954_1.533.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 23, 2024.
