Tea Whisk-Shaped Sake Bottle
1660s-early 1670s
Maker Unknown
Japanese Art
Tea Whisk-Shaped Sake Bottle, 1660s-early 1670s. Japan, Edo period (1615-1868). Porcelain with overglaze enamel (Hizen ware, early iro-e); height: 25.4 cm (10 in.); diameter: 14.7 cm (5 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2014.391 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 tri-colored clouds. Additional patterns of swirls, stripes, flowers, and other forms make the piece eye-popping. This bottle is for sake, or fermented rice wine, Japan's most famous variety of local alcohol.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Ceramic
- Formatted Medium
- Porcelain with overglaze enamel (Hizen ware, early iro-e)
- Dimensions
- height: 25.4 cm (10 in.); Diameter: 14.7 cm (5 13/16 in.)
- Departments
- Japanese Art
- Accession Number
- 2014.391
- Credit Line
- Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
- Exhibitions
- Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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