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Medama Oyaji teacup
Medama Oyaji teacup
Medama Oyaji teacup
DepartmentAsia

Medama Oyaji teacup

NameTea Cup
Maker Sachiho Toda
CultureJapanese
Date1988
Place madeSakaiminato, Totori Prefecture, Japan, East Asia, Asia
MediumCeramic, glaze
Dimensions3 15/16 × 3 9/16 × 3 15/16 in. (10 × 9 × 10 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, FA.2018.70.2
Terms
  • value (economic concept)
  • value (economic concept)
Object numberFA.2018.70.2
ProvenancePurchased by curator while on research trip in Japan, 7/5/2018-8/1/2018.
DescriptionThis tea cup is glazed in black, white, red and pink. The overall shape is a bell curve, with a small lipped base. There is an eyeball with a red iris and a tiny body climibing into the cup on the upper lip. On the outside of the cup there is a white ghost encompassing the cup with a black ground. The inside of the cup is covered with a mottled pinkish red glaze and has black semicircles in the bottom.