Bottle
1600-1650 (made)
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Simple and unprepossessing, Tamba wares, made at kilns located in Hyogo Prefecture (former Tamba Province), are admired for their warm, variegated colours and rich surface textures. Predominantly intended for day-to-day use, Tamba wares were functional and robust. At the same time their restrained qualities appealed to practitioners of the tea ceremony. Bottles such as this, with its wide base and narrow mouth, would have been used in inns and other such establishments for the storing and serving of sake (rice wine).
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Materials and techniques | Stoneware, thrown and partially sculpted, with natural ash glaze |
Brief description | Bottle for sake, stoneware, with glossy, reddish puprle surface and random scorch marks, Tamba, Japan, 1600-1650 |
Physical description | Bottle of tall, elongated form narrowing to a small mouth. Indentation on one side. The surface is a glossy, reddish purple colour resulting from the oxidation of the iron-rich Tamba clay. Random scorch marks visible on surface. Accidental streaking of natural ash glaze on one side. |
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Credit line | Given by Alexander Bruce |
Summary | Simple and unprepossessing, Tamba wares, made at kilns located in Hyogo Prefecture (former Tamba Province), are admired for their warm, variegated colours and rich surface textures. Predominantly intended for day-to-day use, Tamba wares were functional and robust. At the same time their restrained qualities appealed to practitioners of the tea ceremony. Bottles such as this, with its wide base and narrow mouth, would have been used in inns and other such establishments for the storing and serving of sake (rice wine). |
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Accession number | FE.82-2011 |
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Record created | February 1, 2011 |
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