Sake Bottle
ca. 1700-1750 (made)
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Sake bottle of wood covered in roiro (black lacquer polished to a deep gloss), pear-shaped bottle rising from a flat base, swelling upwards and outwards to form a rounded belly, then tapering inwards and upwards, culminating in a short neck before splaying outwards slightly at the top opening into which fits a flat-topped stopper surmounted by a small knob, with an all-over design of chrysanthemum stems with flowers and leaves, in gold, slver and red hiramaki-e (metal powder sprinkled on to a lacquer design before it has hardened so that it is in low relief). The interior of the bottle is in red lacquer and the knob of the stopper in gold lacquer.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Wood covered in <i>roiro</i> (black lacquer polished to a deep gloss), with gold, slver and red <i>hiramaki-e</i> (metal powder sprinkled on to a lacquer design before it has hardened so that it is in low relief) |
| Brief description | Sake bottle and stopper, wood covered in black lacquer with gold, silver and red lacquer, chrysanthemum stems with flowers and leaves, Japan, ca. 1700-1750 |
| Physical description | Sake bottle of wood covered in roiro (black lacquer polished to a deep gloss), pear-shaped bottle rising from a flat base, swelling upwards and outwards to form a rounded belly, then tapering inwards and upwards, culminating in a short neck before splaying outwards slightly at the top opening into which fits a flat-topped stopper surmounted by a small knob, with an all-over design of chrysanthemum stems with flowers and leaves, in gold, slver and red hiramaki-e (metal powder sprinkled on to a lacquer design before it has hardened so that it is in low relief). The interior of the bottle is in red lacquer and the knob of the stopper in gold lacquer. |
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| Credit line | Given by Sutherland |
| Object history | Strange V&A catalogue no. 620 |
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| Associated object | W.111-1921 (Pair) |
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| Accession number | W.112-1921 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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