Tea caddy, named Sakai Kokatatsuki, with red lacquer tray and scroll

Object Details

• Description

  Stoneware tea caddy (kokatatsuki chaire) with lustrous black iron glaze and accompanied by a red lacquer square tray. Trailing drip of glaze on front of vessel, incised dōhimo line at vessel's medial point.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Reasons to Gather: Japanese Tea Practice Unwrapped (April 12, 2025 to April 26, 2026)

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Gregory Kinsey, Kinsey Chanoyu Collection, in honor of Louise Cort and in appreciation of her years of scholarship in support of Chanoyu education in the U.S.

• Type

  Vessel

• On View

  Freer Gallery 08: Reasons to Gather: Japanese Tea Practice Unwrapped

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1200s, 1300s

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Tea, Art, The Kinsey Chanoyu Collection, Ivory, Chinese Art, Lacquer, Tea ceremony, Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368), Ceramics

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)

• On View

  Yes