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Potter: Hosho
Stoneware bottle of dumbbell shape. Thrown and turned. Sponged with white slip, covered with thin black wash. Two small green splashes on side. Neck dipped in shiny black glaze.
History note: Unknown before Frank Brangwyn, RA
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Height: 17.20 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1934-09-20) by Brangwyn, Frank
19th Century, Early#
Edo Period (1615-1868)
Circa
1800
CE
-
Circa
1825
CE
See Morse 1478 for same mark
All Except Base
composed of
iron
( a thin black wash)
slip
( white)
Neck
composed of
glaze
( dipped in shiny glaze)
Decoration
composed of
glaze
( two small green splashes on side)
Rim
Diameter 2.70 cm
Base
Diameter 8.30 cm
Bottle
Diameter 9.50 cm
Accession number: C.310-1934
Primary reference Number: 74381
Old number: B.117
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Sake bottle" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/74381 Accessed: 2024-11-23 15:09:15
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|title=Sake bottle
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-23 15:09:15|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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