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Tea Caddy with Stamped Floral Decoration

Tea Caddy with Stamped Floral Decoration

1600s
Location: not on view

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This tea caddy may have been produced in one of the kilns established and operated by the trading office (Waegwan) in Buan, southern Gyeongsang province, as an export item for Japanese tea ware collectors.

Description

This small jar may have been used as a container for powdered tea among Japanese tea drinkers. Possibly produced in one of the kilns established by the trading office (Waegwan) in Busan, southern Gyeongsang province, this type of tea ware may have sold to Japanese tea bowl collectors. According to a historical record dated to 1641, a trading boat shipped more than 14,000 tea bowls to Japan.
  • ?–1962
    Harry C. Nail [1909–1990], El Dorado, AR, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art by exchange
    1962–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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