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Title

Globular tea caddy

Artist

Seifû Yohei III

Artist Life Dates

1854-1914

Century

Late 19th-early 20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1893-1914

Accession Number

1954/1.499

Medium and Support

stoneware with iron tenmoku glaze

relevance

rank 27.92953

Secondary Keywords

containers

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Title

Spice Box

Artist

Anonymous French?

Century

late 18th century

Object Creation Date

late 18th century

Accession Number

1967/2.27

Medium and Support

gold

relevance

rank 27.92953

Secondary Keywords

containers

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Title

Two shifuku (silk pouches) for Tea Caddy "Hitorine" (1954/1.532)

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

Two small pouches for tea caddy. The striped pouch is woven with light brown, dark-green, light-green and dark blue warp threads and light brown weft threads in satin weave, which create stripe, plaid and treasure ("takara") patterns. The round pouch has two side slits for easy opening; a purple cord is inserted through the mouth of the pouch for tying.

Another pouch has whirlpool patterns created with the same satin weave using brown warp threads and light blue, white, and blue weft threads. The weft threads create the staggered, whirlpool patterns. This pouch also has two side slits and tied with light brown color cord at the top.

Object Creation Date

circa 1600-1647

Accession Number

1954/1.567A&B

Medium and Support

silk

relevance

rank 26.04935

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Flask with molded decor

Artist

Artist Unknown, Iran

Century

10th-12th century

Object Creation Date

10th century - 12th century

Accession Number

1959/1.89

Medium and Support

molded desig(n) on earthenware (?)

relevance

rank 25.65794

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Title

Tea caddy "large sea" (daikai) in brown & black glaze, with silk pouch

Artist

Seto Shunkei II

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.

Century

17th–18th century

Object Creation Date

17th century - 18th century

Accession Number

1954/1.533A&B

Medium and Support

stoneware with brown and black glaze, ivory lid

relevance

rank 25.22126

Secondary Keywords

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pottery (object genre)

Title

Rectangular Woven Three-tiered Picnic Basket

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

20th century

Accession Number

2006/2.34A-D

Medium and Support

woven bamboo

relevance

rank 25.08321

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Covered Food Basket

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1950

Accession Number

1985/1.159

Medium and Support

natural fiber

relevance

rank 24.70120

Secondary Keywords

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Title

"Hôki" (Treasure Tortoise): Seto ware tea caddy, Taikai type, with ivory lid

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

This squat tea caddy has brown and black glaze, two small ornamental handles, and an ivory lid.

Century

17th century?

Object Creation Date

17th century

Accession Number

1955/1.151A&B

Medium and Support

stoneware with brown and black glaze, ivory lid

relevance

rank 20.38884

Secondary Keywords

asia

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Title

Formal gray crested kimono with shibori and embroidered shifuku (tea caddy pouch) designs

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

Gray silk damask woven in an arare pattern, with partial hon hitta shibori designs and shifuku (tea caddy pouch) design embroidered with silk and metallic thread

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1970-1979

Accession Number

2005/1.374

Medium and Support

gray twill silk with shibori and embroidery with silk and metallic thread

relevance

rank 20.22230

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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 17.49590

Secondary Keywords

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