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Tea Leaf Storage Jar with Trompe L'Oeil Brocade Mouth Cover Designlate Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1800-1850

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Ceramic vase with a rounded body, cream lower half left plain, and upper half densely decorated with gold lattice, turquoise scrolling vines, and cobalt blue chrysanthemum blossoms meeting in a crenellated gold border
Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Tea Leaf Storage Jar with Trompe L'Oeil Brocade Mouth Cover Design
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
late Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1800-1850
Period
Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
Satsuma ware; earthenware with overglaze enamels and gold
Dimensions
Overall height: 16 1/2 in. (41.91 cm); Overall diameter: 13 in. (33.02 cm); a) Lid height: 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm); a) Lid diameter: 6 in. (15.24 cm); b) Jar height: 14 3/4 in. (37.47 cm); b) Jar diameter: 13 in. (33.02 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Leslie Prince Salzman
Accession Number
M.2007.130a-b
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Foxwell, Chelsea, and Bradley M. Bailey. Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan. Lexington, MA: Japanese Art Society fo America, 2023.