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bottle, sake

human history
  • Other Name

    vase

    Sometsuke (Japanese)

  • Description

    sake bottle

    Made from porcelain. Whiteware with cobalt blue hand painted designs. A small bottle with a rounded slightly flared lip, short neck, a spherical body with 4 slightly flattened sides, and a circular foot. A grey/white base, the shoulders are painted with a patterned boarder of arch shapes and circles. The exterior is broken into 4 panels by thin lines, 2 panels have a design of an iris and tall grass, the other 2 panels have a triangular hat and ribbons. There is a thin ring around foot

  • Place
  • Accession Number
    1934.316
  • Accession Date
    1934
  • Other Id

    20793 (ethnology)

    20793.7 (ethnology)

    K291 (ceramic)

    6 (temporary number)

  • Department
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