Lid for mouth of tea-leaf storage jar

Object Details

• Description

  2a. Paulownia-wood lid, top covered with thin white paper, pasted in place and insect-eaten, bearing a small rectangular black seal, “Takeda.” On base, square paper label from Christie’s sale 2193, 17 September 2009, lot 1023-12, bar code sticker.

  2b. Square white plain-weave silk cloth (fukusa), double layer of fabric hemmed around four sides, used for wrapping lid for storage.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Chigusa and the Art of Tea (February 22 to July 27, 2014)

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Vessel

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1910s, 1880s

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Art, Wood, Japanese Art, Meiji era (1868 - 1912)

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)