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bottle, saki

human history
  • Other Name

    sake bottle (alternative)

  • Description

    bottle for saki

    wizen ware. Made from a reddish-brown coloured rough ceramic with no glaze. The bottle has a circular opening, short neck, an ovoid body with 3 dimpled sides. There are incised rings around the body from shoulder to mid body. There is an applied ceramic figure of Hotei in one dimple. The base is a flatted and circular.There are some turning marks on lower body portion

  • Place
  • Accession Date
    1934
  • Other Id

    K1432 (ceramic)

  • Department
bottle, saki, K1432, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 19… … Read more

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