Tea set

Museum number:
9-22614a-h
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210922614a@2dh
Accession number:
Acc.4349
Description:
8-piece tea set consisting of a lidded teapot (a, b) and 3 lidded tea cups (c-h). pot: wheel thrown (?) with spout and handle attachments added. The pot body is glazed pale gray and decorated with blue longitudinal stripes on upper ⅔ of pot. Lower ⅓ glazed dark brown. lid - same base glaze with circular blue band around knob and zig-zag accents between band and rim. Rim and knob glazed brown. Bamboo detachable handle. Cups with lids: glaze of cups and lids the same as pot save only the base ring of the cups is brown (ca. 1.5–2.0 cm).
Donor:
Estate of Elizabeth Huff
Collection place:
Kyōto, Kyoto Prefecture, Kansai region
Verbatim coll. place:
Asia, Japan, Kyoto
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Collector:
Elizabeth Huff
Materials:
Bamboo (material) and Ceramic (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Tea services
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
August 5, 1988
Context of use:
household
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
cups with lid— diameter 8 centimeters, cups with lid— height 9 centimeters, pot with lid and handle— width 18 centimeters, lid— diameter 8.9 centimeters, and pot with lid and handle— height 19.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Tea set, accession number 9-22614a-h, described as 8-piece tea set consisting of a lidded teapot (a, b) and 3 lidded tea cups (c-h). pot: wheel thrown (?) with spout and handle attachments added. The pot body is glazed pale gray and decorated with blue longitudinal stripes on upper ⅔ of pot. Lower ⅓ glazed dark brown. lid - same base glaze with circular blue band around knob and zig-zag accents between band and rim. Rim and knob glazed brown. Bamboo detachable handle. Cups with lids: glaze of cups and lids the same as pot save only the base ring of the cups is brown (ca. 1.5–2.0 cm).Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Tea set, accession number 9-22614a-h, described as 8-piece tea set consisting of a lidded teapot (a, b) and 3 lidded tea cups (c-h). pot: wheel thrown (?) with spout and handle attachments added. The pot body is glazed pale gray and decorated with blue longitudinal stripes on upper ⅔ of pot. Lower ⅓ glazed dark brown. lid - same base glaze with circular blue band around knob and zig-zag accents between band and rim. Rim and knob glazed brown. Bamboo detachable handle. Cups with lids: glaze of cups and lids the same as pot save only the base ring of the cups is brown (ca. 1.5–2.0 cm).Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Tea set, accession number 9-22614a-h, described as 8-piece tea set consisting of a lidded teapot (a, b) and 3 lidded tea cups (c-h). pot: wheel thrown (?) with spout and handle attachments added. The pot body is glazed pale gray and decorated with blue longitudinal stripes on upper ⅔ of pot. Lower ⅓ glazed dark brown. lid - same base glaze with circular blue band around knob and zig-zag accents between band and rim. Rim and knob glazed brown. Bamboo detachable handle. Cups with lids: glaze of cups and lids the same as pot save only the base ring of the cups is brown (ca. 1.5–2.0 cm).

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