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Sake Bottle:  Ryukyu Namban Ware

Sake Bottle: Ryukyu Namban Ware

1700s
(1615–1868)
Overall: 30 x 9 cm (11 13/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
Location: not on view

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.
  • (Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc, sale #4406, 7/1-3/1980, lot 255).
  • Later Japanese Art Rotation; Februaary 10, 2003
    "Japanese Prints and Ceramics from The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Toledo Museum of Art, and The Allen Memorial Museum, Oberlin College," College of Wooster, Oct. 9-Nov. 1, 1981.
    Year in Review: 1980. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (June 24-July 19, 1981).
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1980.82