Tea bottle

Tea bottle

Black wooden tea bottle with lid. A: the body is a single piece of turned wood in an eggplant shape with a wide bottom tapering to a thin mouth. It has been painted a glossy black but is no longer glossy around the center of the bottle. On one side a scene of a mountain valley has been carved. To the left of this are four kanji characters. The top of the bottle is threaded. B: The botle cap H: 3.25" is carved like the stem end of an eggplant. It is also painted black and is threaded on the inside. Three of the cap ends are broken off.

1998.121.009