Medama Oyaji teacup
Maker
Sachiho Toda
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)
Classifications(Classification Not Used)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, FA.2018.70.2
Terms
- value (economic concept)
- value (economic concept)
Object numberFA.2018.70.2
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.On View
On view
ca. 1800
Artist unrecorded
