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Fire-Holder and Tea-Box

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A gray ceramic fire holder with a lid and a rounded body adorned with a pattern sits to the right of a red box with swirling patterns and a small white object, likely a tea ball on a flat green and white patterned surface, on a background with vertical foreign writing on either side and a red seal, all on a beige background. A date, 1970, appears at the bottom center.

Artwork details

Date:
19th century
Medium:
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
599 × 439 px
Museum record:
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