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Pail-Shaped Tea Container with Lotuses and Herons 

Exhibition information
There are currently no plans to exhibit this artwork at the TNM Collection Exhibitions.

Tea masters found creative ways of repurposing utensils. This piece belonged to a set of food cups ordered from China in the 1600s. The cups were sold to different buyers in 1940. The new owner of this cup gave it a rosewood lid and used it as a container for powdered green tea. Its large size allowed him to serve many guests at once.

Cultural property designation
Quantity
Artist
Jingdezhen ware, China
Period/Century
Ming–Qing dynasty, 17th century
Country/Origin
Excavation site
Material
Porcelain with underglaze blue and overglaze enamel
Size
Inscriptions
Donor
Gift of Mr. Hirota Matsushige
Collection reference no.
TG-2601
Genre
Asian Ceramics
Category
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