Sake bottle

Description

Bottle vase of porcelain painted in underglaze blue and overglaze enamels with rock, chrysanthemums, peony and plum in three panels, Imari ware: Japan, Hizen Province, Arita, 18th century

Museum reference

A.1892.279

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Sake bottle

Production information

Arita-cho, Saga-ken, Japan, East Asia

Date

18th century

Materials

Porcelain

Physical description

Porcelain; painted in underglaze blue and enamel colours and gold with floral ornament in shaped panels

Exhibitions

• Exploring East Asia (08 Feb 2019)
  National Museum of Scotland

References

For a similar piece, see Oliver Impey, Japanese Export Porcelain: Catalogue of the Collection of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (Hotei Publishing, 2002), no. 291.

Kakiemon Yōshiki Jiki Chōsa Iinkai (ed.), Kakiemon yōshiki jiki chōsa hōkokusho - Ōshū hen [Kakiemon-style Wares Survey Report - Europe] (Fukuoka, 2009), no. 434

For a pair of similar vases, see Christie's, The Exceptional Sale 2017, King Street, London, 6 July 2017, lot no. 1m

On display

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