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Eggplant-shaped Tea Caddy (Chaire), named Shira Tsuyu (White Dew)

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Stoneware with iron glaze and an ivory lid, Edo period (1615–1868), Japan
Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift of Peggy and Richard M. Danziger 2024
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Title: Eggplant-shaped Tea Caddy (Chaire), named Shira Tsuyu (White Dew)
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Stoneware with iron glaze and an ivory lid, Edo period (1615–1868), Japan.

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