Caption

Sake bottle tokkuri, gift; Japanese, Bizen, 19th century Edo–Meiji. A bottle with a spherical belly and a narrow cylindrical neck; covered with brown glaze that becomes light coffee-coloured and spotted on the upper belly and neck. Belly decorated with a branch of biwa Japanese medlar, fruits in green-yellow glaze inlaid with mother-of-pearl, leaves made using sprinkling on black lacquer. Vessel; height 18 cm, diameter 11.8 cm., A rounded ceramic vase with a narrow neck sits against a plain grey background, showing a mottled brown and ochre surface with darker brown areas and a slightly glossy finish; a raised vine-like branch in reddish-brown winds across the body connecting a few circular decorative inlays that appear pearlescent white and pale green, and a pair of large dark grey leaves in relief are attached to the lower side of the vessel.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A22_318

License type

Rights managed

Available size

70.8Mb (1.1Mb) / 13.7in x 20.0in / 4124 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Sake bottle tokkuri gift Japanese Bizen 19th century Edo–Meiji bottle spherical belly narrow cylindrical neck covered brown glaze becomes light coffee-coloured spotted upper belly neck Belly decorated branch biwa Japanese medlar fruits green-yellow glaze inlaid mother-of-pearl leaves using sprinkling black lacquer Vessel height 18 cm diameter 11.8 cm rounded ceramic vase narrow sits plain grey background showing mottled brown ochre surface darker brown areas slightly glossy finish raised vine- reddish-brown winds across body connecting circular decorative inlays pearlescent white pale green pair large dark grey leaves relief attached lower side vessel.