Tea powder container

late 16th century

Japanese

Bizen ware; unglazed stoneware, ivory lid

3 1/8 x 1 1/2 x 1 5/16 in (7.9 x 3.8 x 3.4cm)

Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection

56.150

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Tea House Gallery Installation", November 26, 2004 - January 30, 2006

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Japanese Art in The Seattle Art Museum", 1960, (1960)

New York, New York, Asia House Galleries, "Tea Taste in Japanese Art", (1963) 1963

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "From Tea Master To Townsman", October 1, 1987 - October 16, 1988 (10/1/1987 - 10/16/1988)

Published ReferencesFuller, Richard E. "Japanese Art in the Seattle Art Museum: An Historical Sketch." Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1960 ("Presented in commemoration of the Hundredth Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations between Japan and the United States of America"), no. 119

Feddersen, M., "Japanese Decorative Art", 1962, pp 62-63.

Lee, Sherman E., "Tea Taste in Japanese Art", New York: Asia House Galleries, 1963. P 30, p.98, No. 19

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