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Tea caddy by Shibata Zeshin — VisualArtsDB

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Lacquer
Tea caddy

Tea caddy

Tea caddy

1800–1899

Medium: Lacquer
Dimensions: H. 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm); Diam. 3 in. (7.6 cm)
Genre: Lacquer
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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