Bottle
1700-1800 (made)
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Sake bottle, stoneware painted in enamel colours over a crackled brownish glaze. Double-gourd shape with small mouth. Painted with bamboos and pine trees below a band of scrolled foliage; round the mouth petal-shaped compartments outlined in gold and painted alternately red on green and green on blue.
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Materials and techniques | Stoneware painted in enamel colours and gilding over a crackled brownish glaze |
Brief description | Sake bottle, stoneware painted in enamel colours and gilding over a crackled brownish glaze; Kiyomizu ware, Kyoto, Japan, Edo period, 18th century |
Physical description | Sake bottle, stoneware painted in enamel colours over a crackled brownish glaze. Double-gourd shape with small mouth. Painted with bamboos and pine trees below a band of scrolled foliage; round the mouth petal-shaped compartments outlined in gold and painted alternately red on green and green on blue. |
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Credit line | Bequeathed by Henry L. Florence |
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Accession number | C.1266-1917 |
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Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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