Sake Bottle
c. 1950 (made)
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Sake bottle (tokkuri) of stoneware. The body narrows towards the neck at a height of approximately 10 cm. and the neck everts towards the irregularly shaped lip. Strongly built footring of irregular width. The body is greyish-brown in colour where visible on the foot. Apart from the base of the footring the bottle is completely covered in a slighlty crackled and much pitted creamy white glaze of irregular thickness.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Stoneware with off-white glaze |
| Brief description | Sake bottle (tokkuri), stoneware with crackled and pitted creamy white glaze of irregular thickness; made by Arakawa Toyozo (1894-1985), Japan (Kani, Gifu prefecture), about 1950; Japan, modern crafts, studio, ceramics |
| Physical description | Sake bottle (tokkuri) of stoneware. The body narrows towards the neck at a height of approximately 10 cm. and the neck everts towards the irregularly shaped lip. Strongly built footring of irregular width. The body is greyish-brown in colour where visible on the foot. Apart from the base of the footring the bottle is completely covered in a slighlty crackled and much pitted creamy white glaze of irregular thickness. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Potter's mark above footring |
| Object history | Provenance: Christies, London 5th December 1979; given to the mother of the vendors by the artist (previously included in but did not sell at the Christies sale from which FE.135-1978 (Arakawa Toyozo) and FE.136-1978 (Kitaoji Rosanjin) were purchased). |
| Historical context | Arakawa was the first potter to be designated a Living National Treasure, in 1955 |
| Production | Factory: Hoshigaoka kiln. |
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| Accession number | FE.14-1979 |
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| Record created | February 12, 2000 |
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