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Museum Accession No.: EA1956.676 Object type: Tea caddy Kiln/Location: Satsuma Historical Period/Date: Edo, Late19th/early 20th century Material: Earthenware Dimensions: H. 8.5cm Provenance: Ingram gift; Japan Description: Tea caddy (cha-ire) with simple geometric border in overglaze enamel colours beneath the shoulder. Thick glassy crackled glaze, pooling on the shoulders and stopping short of the base, traditional for this shape of tea caddy as is the itokiri (cutting with a thread) treatment at the base. Sakahoko Collection. Photo. Ref.:

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