Oribe-style Tea Caddy (chaire)
Location
Era
Edo period (1615-1868)
Title
Oribe-style Tea Caddy (chaire)
Date
Early 17th c.
Materials
Stoneware, painted decoration in underglaze iron oxide brown under a green glaze, ivory lid
Dimensions
11.3 cm (h.), 6.5 cm (diam.)
Credits
F. Cleveland Morgan Bequest, inv. 1962.Ee.43a-b
Collection
Archeology and World Cultures
This tea caddy’s rugged shape, green glaze and abstract linear designs in underglaze iron are all emblematic of the distinctive Oribe style, which is associated with the taste of the samurai tea master Furuta Oribe (1543-1615), a pupil of Sen no Rikyū. Oribe’s innovative, even eccentric style became immensely popular and offered an alternative to Rikyū’s highly restrained manner.
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