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Pottery: Unknown
Stoneware sake bottle of mallet shape with long thin neck. Thrown, turned and altered by ‘squaring’ the sides. Four feet added, one at each corner. Bizen dark body, unglazed but goma on shoulder and side. Two Kanji characters (longevity) on opposite sides.
History note: Unknown before Frank Brangwyn, RA
Given by Frank Brangwyn
Height: 17.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1935-05-01) by Brangwyn, Frank
Edo Period (1615-1868)
Production date:
AD 1700
: Morse says AD 1700
Cf. Ceramic Art of the World. Vol. 4, p.157. Also Morse 385, Plate II
Decoration
composed of
impressed
( two Kanji characters of longevity on opposite sides)
Rim
Diameter 1.6 cm
Sake Bottle
Diameter 11.5 cm
Shoulder And Side
Bizen dark body Stoneware
Accession number: C.23-1935
Primary reference Number: 73347
Brangwyn number: 130
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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