Chigusa's mouth.

Detail, Tea-leaf storage jar named Chigusa; China, probably Guangdong Province; Southern Song or Yuan dynasty, mid-13th–mid-14th century; Stoneware with iron glaze; 41.6 cm (h); FSC-P-6964.1

Chigusa and the Art of Tea

Images

Brown ceramic tea jar

Brown tea jar dressed in orange and vermilion brocade mouth cover with cloud motif, adorned with pale blue looped and knotted cord.

Brown tea jar wth red lacquer box, held shut by pale teal cord.

Red lacquer tray containing teal cotton cord, neatly looped for storage.

Three nesting lacquer boxes, arranged by height with the largest, outer-most box on the left.

Japanese calligraphy on paper.

Bottom of Chigusa, black and white, high contrast to show detail.

Shiny black granite hand mill with light wood handle. The mill's shape is like a bowl with a cylinder set perpendicular in the middle.

Cylindrical cast iron kettle with bronze lid.

Tea bowl

Jar decorated with black mynah birds against a white sky, above brown earth, blue mountains, and green foliage.

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