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Source Description
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 tricolored clouds. Additional patterns of swirls, stripes, flowers, and other forms make the piece dazzling.
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Document identity
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171614
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Tea Whisk-Shaped Sake Bottle
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171614
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object
title
Tea Whisk-Shaped Sake Bottle
description
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 tricolored clouds. Additional patterns of swirls, stripes, flowers, and other forms make the piece dazzling.
date
1660s–early 1670s
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q80082274
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Ceramic
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dimensionsRaw
height: 25.4 cm (10 in.); Diameter: 14.7 cm (5 13/16 in.)
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Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
accession
2014.391
Source extras
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Porcelain with overglaze enamel (Hizen ware, early iro-e)
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Tea Whisk-Shaped Sake Bottle (茶筅形徳利), 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
titleInOriginalLanguage
茶筅形徳利
collection
Japanese Art
didYouKnow
This bottle is for sake, or fermented rice wine, Japan's most famous variety of local alcohol.
citations
citation
Archives of Asian Art. "Art of Asia Acquired by North American Museums, 2013–2014." <em>Archives of Asian Art</em> 65, no.1&2 (2015): 181–236.
page_number
Reproduced: p.190, fig. 10
citation
Maezaki, Shinya and Sinéad Vilbar. <em>Colors of Kyoto: The Seifū Yohei Ceramic Studio</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2023.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 49, fig. 24
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Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
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2026-05-29 08:48:52.483000
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171614
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Japanese Art
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Japanese Art
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Porcelain with overglaze enamel (Hizen ware, early iro-e)
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