LSE4328306 The service of sake, is what is most ceremonial in banquets, sake is brought in large lacquered pots or bronze cans, placed on a bamboo bar, heated in a bath bath in porcelain bottles; the cuts of materials and various sizes are richly decorated, but the pieces of honour are the large bowls shaped like a shield that is filled to the brim to make them go round and throw challenges. Engraving to illustrate Japan, travel story by Aime Humbert, minister of the Swiss Confederation, in 1863-1864, published in ???e tour du monde, nouveau journal des voyages?? under the direction of Edouard Charton, 1868, Paris. Selva Collection. by Unknown Artist, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The service of sake, is what is most ceremonial in banquets, sake is brought in large lacquered pots or bronze cans, placed on a bamboo bar, heated in a bath bath in porcelain bottles; the cuts of materials and various sizes are richly decorated, but the pieces of honour are the large bowls shaped like a shield that is filled to the brim to make them go round and throw challenges. Engraving to illustrate Japan, travel story by Aime Humbert, minister of the Swiss Confederation, in 1863-1864, published in ???e tour du monde, nouveau journal des voyages?? under the direction of Edouard Charton, 1868, Paris. Selva Collection.); Photo by Leonard de Selva.