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    "localId": "171614",
    "label": "Tea Whisk-Shaped Sake Bottle",
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    "id": "171614",
    "contentType": "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",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/2014.391",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
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    ],
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    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2014.391/2014.391_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "height: 25.4 cm (10 in.); Diameter: 14.7 cm (5 13/16 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)"
    ],
    "accession": "2014.391"
}

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    "tec": "Porcelain with overglaze enamel (Hizen ware, early iro-e)",
    "tombstone": "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&amp;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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    "creditline": "Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 08:48:52.483000",
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    "dept": "Japanese Art",
    "coll": "Japanese Art",
    "med": "Porcelain with overglaze enamel (Hizen ware, early iro-e)",
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    "image_url": null
}

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