Tea Caddy (Chaire)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Tea Caddy (Chaire) by Bernard Leach. The object is a ceramic container with a lid. The container is tall and cylindrical with a wide mouth, the body tapering slightly towards the base. The surface is uneven with visible vertical lines. The glaze is predominantly dark brown on the lower half and lighter brown on upper half. The lid is round and flat, made of light-colored ceramic. The background is gray gradient transitioning from light to dark. The object casts a shadow on the surface below. The surface the object is sitting on is white.