Travelling tea ceremony set consisting of: box [.1] with lid [.2] and an inner tray [.3]. Cleaning cloth in envelope [.4]; white cleaning feather [.5]; incense box [.6]; spoon [.7]; tea whisk [.8]; wooden cylinder [.9]; water bottle [.10]; ladle stand [.11]; tea bowl [.12]; tea container [.13]. Also, brocade case for spoon [.14]; brocade case for tea bowl [.15] and silk bag for tea container [.16] [MdeA 2/3/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Travelling tea ceremony set consisting of: box [.1] with lid [.2] and an inner tray [.3]. Cleaning cloth in envelope [.4]; white cleaning feather [.5]; incense box [.6]; spoon [.7]; tea whisk [.8]; wooden cylinder [.9]; water bottle [.10]; ladle stand [.11]; tea bowl [.12]; tea container [.13]. Also, brocade case for spoon [.14]; brocade case for tea bowl [.15] and silk bag for tea container [.16] [MdeA 2/3/2016]
Long description: The entire set is stored inside a green and white striped cardboard box.
Geographical reference: Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan; Toyama
Cultural groups: Japanese
Person: Field collector John Lowe; PRM source John Lowe
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1977
Date collected: 1977
Acquisition information: Donated: 02/1996
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Bamboo Plant, Material Silk Textile Animal, Material Porcelain Pottery, Material Animal Ivory Tooth, Process Carved, Process Moulded, Process Brocaded Woven, Process Thrown
Dimensions: Height 70 mm, Length 300 mm, Length 215 mm, Width 145 mm, Width 150 mm, Length 110 mm, Length 100 mm, Diameter 47 mm, Diameter 110 mm, Diameter 65 mm, Length 140 mm, Length 165 mm, Height 80 mm, Height 55 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1996.17.41
Research and responses: For a history of the tea ceremony or chanoyu see Donor's typescript catalogue p. 4.

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