Tea-leaf storage jar named Chigusa with mouth cover and ornamental cords Photo credit: Courtesy Freer Gallery of Art The mouth cover for Chigusa was made by Tsuchida Yuko in 2013; the cords for tying ornamental knots are from the Japanese Meiji era (late 19th–early 20th c.)WASHINGTONArthur M. Sackler Gallery
Tea-leaf storage jar named Chigusa China, probably Guangdong Province, Southern Song or Yuan dynasty, mid-13th to mid-14th c. Stoneware with iron glaze H: 41.6 cm Photo Credit: Courtesy Freer Gallery of Art Documents associated with the tea-leaf storage jar named Chigusa Photo Credit: Courtesy Freer Gallery of Art Tea-leaf storage jar named Chigusa with mouth cover, securing cord, and net bag. Photo Credit: Courtesy Freer Gallery of Art The mouth cover for Chigusa was tailored in Japan using Chinese silk from the Ming dynasty (15th c.); the cord for securing the mouth cover is from the Japanese Meiji era (1868– 1912); the silk net bag is Japanese from the Muromachi or Momoyama period (16th c.).Chigusa and the Art of Tea
