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This involves scooping and pouring the powdered tea from the caddy into a ceramic bowl. Hot water is added and the mixture is worked into a viscous suspension with a bamboo whisk. The one bowlful of tea is usually shared by four or five guests. Japanese ceramic tea caddies are small because they are required to hold tea for only one serving.<br><br><b>Place</b><br>Bizen is located near the coast of Japan's Inland Sea a little over 100 kilometres west of Osaka. It has long been known for its deposits of high quality iron-bearing clay. This turns a distinctive reddish brown colour when fired. Natural ash glazing and irregular scorching of the clay surface are achieved by the use of a wood-firing kiln.<br><br><b>Historical Associations</b><br>This tea caddy was one of over 200 Japanese ceramics bought by the V&A after they had been shown at the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition in the United States in 1876. Some, like this piece, were old, but the majority were new or nearly new. The collection was assembled by the Japanese with funds sent from Britain.","physicalDescription":"Tea caddy, incised and sculptued stoneware with natural ash glaze; ivory lid.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[],"techniques":[],"materialsAndTechniques":"Stoneware, with a natural ash glaze and ivory lid","categories":[{"text":"Ceramics","id":"THES48982"},{"text":"Tea, Coffee & Chocolate wares","id":"THES48886"},{"text":"Stoneware","id":"THES48890"}],"styles":[{"text":"Momoyama","id":"AAT18563"},{"text":"Edo","id":"AAT106643"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"EAS","id":"THES48596"},"images":["2006AM7754","2006AR9568","2006AM7929"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"125D (VA)","id":"THES49215"},"free":"","case":"CA3","shelf":"","box":"9"},{"current":{"text":"125D (VA)","id":"THES49215"},"free":"","case":"CA3","shelf":"","box":"9"}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Tea caddy","id":""}],[{"text":"Lid","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Bizen","id":"x36583"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1590-1630","earliest":"1590-01-01","latest":"1630-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"7.8","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Diameter","value":"5.7","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"Dimensions checked: Measured; 03/02/1999 by sf","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Purchased from the Japanese Commissioners for the Philadelphia Exposition of 1876, accessioned in 1877. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Tea caddy of stoneware with natural ash glaze, with ivory lid; Japan, Bizen, ca. 1590-1630","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"Augustus Wollaston Franks and M. Shioda, <i>Japanese Pottery</i>. [London]: Chapman & Hall Ltd., 1880. 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Such objects had never been seen in Britain before.","date":{"text":"27/03/2003","earliest":"2003-03-27","latest":"2003-03-27"}}],"partNumbers":["189-1877","189A-1877"],"accessionNumberNum":"189","accessionNumberPrefix":"","accessionYear":1877,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE","Tea caddy","Lid"],"assets":["2019LR2794","2019LP5689","2019LU9770","2019LU6229"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-12","recordCreationDate":"2003-03-27","availableToBook":false}}