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Jar and stopper, Seto ware
Jar and stopper, Seto ware
Object Number 80-21-60/22384
Display Title Jar and stopper, Seto ware
Descriptions
Object Description Jar and stopper, Seto ware. See conservation for additional description.
Inventory Description Jar, ceramic, ovate body, grooved shoulder, silk covered wood lid
Classification
  • Jar
Department Ethnographic
Date ca.1580
Culture
  • Momoyama
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Japan / Owari / <County> / Seto
Materials Ceramic, Pigment, Silk, Paper, Twine, Glaze, Gold leaf, Wood, Plant fiber
Dimensions Overall: 29.5 x 23.7 x 23.5 cm (11 5/8 x 9 5/16 x 9 1/4 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 22.384; [55] / 27
Provenance
Collector Prof. Edward Sylvester Morse (1879 - 1880)

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