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Tea Whisk-Shaped Sake Bottle

茶筅形徳利

1660s–early 1670s

Japan, Edo period

(1615–1868)
Medium
Porcelain with overglaze enamel (Hizen ware, early iro-e)
Measurements
height: 25.4 cm (10 in.); Diameter: 14.7 cm (5 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2014.391
Public Domain
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Location
235A Japanese
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This bottle is for sake, or fermented rice wine, Japan's most famous variety of local alcohol.

Description

This sake bottle resembles a whisk used in preparing powdered green tea, with the handle at the top and the body of the brush flaring out below. Its bold design is anchored by images of chrysanthemums and pomegranates set in panels against a ground of red hatching with tricolored clouds. Additional patterns of swirls, stripes, flowers, and other forms make the piece dazzling.
A white ceramic vessel with a bulbous, tea-whisk-shaped body and a narrow neck is decorated with red, green, and yellow overglaze enamel. Horizontal green and yellow bands wrap around the neck. On the body, a central panel depicts flowering chrysanthemums with red petals and green foliage. Intricate red geometric patterns and repeating motifs fill the surrounding surface, while scrolling wave designs encircle the rounded base.

Tea Whisk-Shaped Sake Bottle

1660s–early 1670s

Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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