Bizen Jar-shaped tea caddy, known as “Sekidera”

Bizen Jar-shaped tea caddy, known as "Sekidera"
Bizen Jar-shaped tea caddy, known as "Sekidera"
Bizen Jar-shaped tea caddy, known as “Sekidera”

Height 6.8 cm, mouth diameter 2.9 cm, body diameter 6.9 cm, bottom diameter 3.3 cm Hatakeyama Memorial Museum
 This tea caddy is exactly the same work as the “Soroi” tea caddy, but is shaped like a karamono round jar and has a low round base with a threaded bottom. It is probably a tea caddy in the Ibe style, but it is also estimated to have been made before the Momoyama period (1573-1600). This tea caddy has a neat appearance. The half surface from the head to the hem of the body is covered with a bright sesame glaze, and some of the glaze has been removed. One side has a blackish-brown clay body. A thin cord is tied around the center of the body. The same illegible kiln mark “Soroi” is spatula-engraved on the base. Included in “Taisho Meikikan.

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