Tea Jar

Tôshiro Japanese

ca. 1320 (?)

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Title: Tea Jar
Artist: Tôshiro
Period: Kamakura period (1185–1333)
Date: ca. 1320 (?)
Culture: Japan
Medium: Clay covered with a mottled glaze (Seto ware)
Dimensions: H. 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm)
Classification: Ceramics
Credit Line: Gift of Charles Stewart Smith, 1893
Object Number: 93.3.147a, b
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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