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Source Description
The bottle features three elegantly drawn figures: a beautiful woman, a young man, and a priest. The artist used a fine-haired brush to draw these figures in colored enamel onto the porcelain bottle, which had already been given a clear glaze. A final firing fused the enamel to the form. The name derives from the port of Imari from where Japanese porcelains were shipped to other cities in Japan, China, and Europe.
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Document identity
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140310
label
Sake Bottle with Three Figures
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Source metadata
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140310
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object
title
Sake Bottle with Three Figures
description
The bottle features three elegantly drawn figures: a beautiful woman, a young man, and a priest. The artist used a fine-haired brush to draw these figures in colored enamel onto the porcelain bottle, which had already been given a clear glaze. A final firing fused the enamel to the form. The name derives from the port of Imari from where Japanese porcelains were shipped to other cities in Japan, China, and Europe.
date
late 1700s
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q80038353
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Ceramic
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import
dimensionsRaw
Diameter: 14.3 cm (5 5/8 in.); with cover: 27.2 cm (10 11/16 in.); without cover: 24.2 cm (9 1/2 in.)
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Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
accession
1964.272
Source extras
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porcelain with overglaze enamel and gold decoration (Hizen ware, Arita type)
tombstone
Sake Bottle with Three Figures, late 1700s. Japan, Edo period (1615–1868). Porcelain with overglaze enamel and gold decoration (Hizen ware, Arita type); diameter: 14.3 cm (5 5/8 in.); with cover: 27.2 cm (10 11/16 in.); without cover: 24.2 cm (9 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Collection, 1964.272
collection
Japanese Art
citations
citation
Cleveland Museum of Art, and Jenifer Neils. <em>The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: P. 156, no. 160
creditline
Severance and Greta Millikin Collection
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2026-05-29 07:12:18.212000
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140310
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Japanese Art
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Japanese Art
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porcelain with overglaze enamel and gold decoration (Hizen ware, Arita type)
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