Sake Bottle:  Ryukyu Namban Ware

Description

Note the rich color gradations over the body that range from a deep brown to olive to ochre to a rust-red. The incised and gouged markings on the bottle contribute to its rustic texture.

Provenance

(Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc, sale #4406, 7/1-3/1980, lot 255).

Sake Bottle: Ryukyu Namban Ware

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1700s

Accession Number

1980.82

Medium

Ryukyu Namban Ware: stoneware

Dimensions

Overall: 30 x 9 cm (11 13/16 x 3 9/16 in.)

Classification

Ceramic

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

Edward L. Whittemore Fund