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Description: | Traditional Japanese tea caddies were generally ceramic or made of laquer work, although nowadays, like this one, they are often made of tin. Pheasants - the birds shown here - which are Asian in origin, are often found in Japanese prints. They were valued for their beautiful colouring. Cherry blossom, the other motif on this tin, is also a common subject in both poetry and painting. Like the pheasant they were valued for their beauty, but also used to underline the transcience of such beauty. During the Spring cherry blossom (sakura) viewing parties (hanami) were traditionally held by the aristocracy to contemplate their fleeting beauty. This is a suitably beautiful tin. Huntley & Palmers were making similarly themed tins at around the same time, like 'Chinese Vase' of 1928. | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 | Publisher: | WR Jacobs and Co Ltd | Rights holder: | Reading Borough Council (Reading Museum Service) | Subjects: | natural science environment pheasants cherry blossom decorative art customs | Temporal: | start=1928-01-01; end=1928-12-31; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Creator: | Not known | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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