Kettle with Chrysanthemum Crests

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Takahashi Keiten ( 1920-2009 )

  • Showa period, 1960
  • iron

Crafts – Metalworks

This tea kettle is decorated with chrysanthemum crests on the front and paulownia crests on the back. The rings for the handle are in the shape of phoenixes, and the lid knob and its base are designed in the shape of chrysanthemums. The artist, Takahashi Keiten, who was born in Yamagata. The city Yamagata presented this kettle to Emperor Showa on the occasion of the 11th National Arbor Day.(「Imperial Splendor:Artworks Related to the Tohoku Region」2021)

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Title/Name Kettle with Chrysanthemum Crests
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Name
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Takahashi Keiten
Period/Era Showa period
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iron
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Yamagata Yamagata
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SZK002120
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Kettle with Chrysanthemum Crests

Kettle with Chrysanthemum Crests

This tea kettle is decorated with chrysanthemum crests on the front and paulownia crests on the back. The rings for the handle are in the shape of phoenixes, and the lid knob and its base are designed in the shape of chrysanthemums. The artist, Takahashi Keiten, who was born in Yamagata. The city Yamagata presented this kettle to Emperor Showa on the occasion of the 11th National Arbor Day.(「Imperial Splendor:Artworks Related to the Tohoku Region」2021)