Artwork preview

Tea jar

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Tea jar by Bernard Leach. Small ceramic jar with rounded body, short neck and small circular opening. Lid is white with small ball on top. Main body of jar is brown with black glaze splattered on. Background grey.

Artwork details

Date:
18th century
Medium:
Clay, underglaze with large areas of dark brown overglaze, showing slight iridescence (Takatori ware)
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
600 × 591 px
Museum record:
View original
Palette