Sake Bottle
19th century (made)
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Sake bottle of brown stoneware, partly covered with a crackled, cream-coloured glaze. Bulbous body, short narrow neck. Painted in green, red and blue enamels with closely set flowers and foliage on the body, on the neck a diaper.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Stoneware, painted in overglaze enamels |
| Brief description | Sake bottle, stoneware, painted in overglaze enamels, Kyoto, Japan, 19th century |
| Physical description | Sake bottle of brown stoneware, partly covered with a crackled, cream-coloured glaze. Bulbous body, short narrow neck. Painted in green, red and blue enamels with closely set flowers and foliage on the body, on the neck a diaper. |
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| Object history | From sale of the Charles Holme collection of Japanese pottery, 24 Sept., 1923, Lot 90. |
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| Accession number | C.622-1923 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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