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Tea Caddy with Stamped Floral Decoration
1600s
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
This small jar may have been used as a container for powdered tea among Japanese tea drinkers. Possibly produced in one of the kilns established by the trading office (Waegwan) in Buan, southern Gyeongsang province, it was sold to Japanese tea bowl collectors. According to a historical record dated to 1641, a trading boat shipped more than 14,000 tea bowls to Japan.
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- Title: Tea Caddy with Stamped Floral Decoration
- Date Created: 1600s
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 8 cm (3 1/8 in.)
- Type: Ceramic
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1962.498
- Medium: glazed stoneware with stamped and incised inlaid white slip decoration
- Original Title: 분청사기 인화문 사발 (粉靑沙器印花文鉢)
- Fun Fact: This tea caddy may have been produced in one of the kilns established and operated by the trading office (Waegwan) in Buan, southern Gyeongsang province, as an export item for Japanese tea ware collectors.
- Department: Korean Art
- Culture: Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392-1910)
- Credit Line: Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust by exchange
- Collection: Korean Art
- Accession Number: 1962.498
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