Caption

Sake bottle tokkuri, Japanese, Bizen; 19th century Edo–Meiji. Stoneware vessel with spherical belly and narrow cylindrical neck, height 18 cm, diameter 11.8 cm. Covered with brown glaze that lightens to a coffee color and becomes 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 executed by sprinkling on black lacquer., A rounded ceramic vessel with a narrow neck sits against a plain gray background and reflected surface; the vessel has a rough, mottled brown surface with darker and lighter brown variations and speckled texture, a few glossy iridescent round inlays in soft green and pink tones near the upper side, and decorative raised leaf shapes in metallic gold and muted gray set into the body; a curved raised vine-like line wraps around the lower side, and the neck shows horizontal wheel-thrown ridges in brown.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A22_323

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Rights managed

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70.8Mb (987.1Kb) / 13.7in x 20.0in / 4124 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Sake bottle tokkuri Japanese Bizen 19th century Edo–Meiji Stoneware vessel spherical belly narrow cylindrical neck height 18 cm diameter 11.8 cm Covered brown glaze lightens coffee color becomes spotted upper belly neck Belly decorated branch biwa Japanese medlar fruits green-yellow glaze inlaid mother-of-pearl leaves executed sprinkling black lacquer rounded ceramic vessel narrow sits plain gray background reflected surface vessel rough mottled brown surface darker lighter variations speckled texture glossy iridescent round inlays soft green pink tones near upper side decorative raised leaf shapes metallic gold muted gray set body curved vine- line wraps lower side horizontal wheel-thrown ridges brown.