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- Title
- Seto ware tea caddy "Hitorine," named by Kobori Enshû (1579–1647)
- Artist
- Seto Shinbei
- Physical Description
- Small, brown, thinly potted container with ivory lid. It has a short neck and round shoulder; The dark glaze is randomly applied from shoulder to the middle of the body. The part at the bottom is unglazed. The bottom has no foot and unglazed. The lid is concaved from the rim toward the center knob.
- Artist Life Dates
- late 16th century - early 17th century
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1600-1647
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.532A&B
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with mottled brown glaze, ivory lid
- relevance
- rank 20.06153
- Primary Keywords
- bags (containers)
- ivory
- jar
- silk (fiber)
- silk (textile)
- tea caddies
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- Title
- Textile
- Artist
- African, Morocco
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1930.49
- Medium and Support
- silk brocade with metallic thread
- relevance
- rank 17.64098
- Primary Keywords
- brocade
- silk (fiber)
- textiles
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- Title
- Red brocade fukuro obi with woven pattern of colorful medallions against a field of wavy gold stripes (tatewaku)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- This is made of a thick brocade of red, gold and silver. Medallion patterns and wavy stripes are woven through the entirety of the fabric, rather than halfway, as is common in less intricate obi. Medallion motifs of tortoise shells, flowers, and bamboo leaves are spaced among the golden waves across the fabric.
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1950s-1960s
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.344
- Medium and Support
- red silk with woven and embroidered design and gold wrapped thread
- relevance
- rank 16.54929
- Primary Keywords
- bamboo
- chrysanthemums
- embroidery
- fleurons (motifs)
- kimono
- obi
- silk (fiber)
- tortoise