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Kama - Hot Water Kettle
kettle 16th century, lid possibly later
Tsuji Yojirō
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Japanese
Unknown
Kettle is iron, lid is made of karakane, or "chinese metal"
Overall: 9 1/4 × 10 1/2 × 10 1/2 inches (23.5 × 26.7 × 26.7 cm)
Metalwork
Asian Art
Museum Purchase, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund
2016.77
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
(Koichi Yanagi Oriental Fine Arts, New York, New York, USA)
2016-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Tsuji Yojirō, Kama - Hot Water Kettle, kettle 16th century, lid possibly later, kettle is iron, lid is made of karakane, or "Chinese metal". Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund, 2016.77.
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