EditorialTemple visit during the Hatsuuma festival Hatsuuma mairi (title on object) A series with horses (series title) Umazukushi (series title on object), A still life with a puppet in the shape of a fox that performs 'spring horse dance'. Furthermore, there ...
Editorial?????, Tanuki (Japanese Racoon Dog) with a Sake Bottle and Bills for Sake, Edo period (1615?1868), second half of the 18th century, Japan, Ivory, H. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm); W. 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm); D. 1 in. (2.5 cm), Netsuke, Garaku (Japanese, active second ha...
EditorialAbstract Gourd Motif, Mulberry paper (kozo washi) treated with fermented persimmon tannin (kakishibu), Abstract organic shapes resemble bottle gourds. These plants were dried and used as containers for flasks and sake., Japan, late 18th - early 19th ce...
EditorialTakatori Style Sake Bottle in the Form of an?Eggplant, Stoneware, probably Takatori, Height:: 6 in. (15.2?cm), Made in Takatori, Chikuzen Province, Japan, Japanese, Edo period?(16151868), Containers -?Ceramics.
EditorialOctagonal Sake Bottle with Landscape Design, Japan, Edo period (16151868), Date late 18th century, Japan, Porcelain with underglaze blue landscape (Hirado ware), H. 6 in. (15.2 cm); W. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm), Ceramics.
EditorialSake Bottle with Nanban (Southern Barbarian) Design, Japan, Edo period (16151868), Date 17th century, Japan, Stoneware with overglaze enamels (Awata ware), H. 10 1/4 in. (26 cm); Diam. 5 1/8 in. (13 cm), Ceramics.
EditorialSake bottle, Japan, Edo period (16151868), Date ca. 1700, Japan, Stoneware with iron slip glaze and green drip glaze (Tanba ware), H. 9 1/8 in. (23.2 cm); Diam. 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm), Ceramics.
EditorialSake Bottle with Decoration of Three-Leaf Arrowhead, Japan, Momoyama period (15731615), Date early 17th century, Japan, Stoneware with underglaze iron, copper-green glaze, and incised decoration (Mino ware, Oribe type), H. 7 in. (17.8 cm); W. 4 in. (10...
EditorialSake Bottle, Japan, Edo period (16151868), Date early 19th century, Japan, Stoneware with crackled glaze (Satsuma ware), H. 7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm); Diam. 5 in. (12.7 cm), Ceramics.
EditorialSake Bottle (Tokkuri), Japan, Momoyama period (15731615), Date late 16thearly 17th century, Japan, Stoneware with natural ash glaze (Bizen ware), H. 8 5/8 in. (21.9 cm), Ceramics.
EditorialSake bottle, Japan, Edo period (16151868), Date 1780, Japan, Porcelain decorated in blue under the glaze (Arita ware, Imari type), H. 8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm); W. sq. 5 in. (12.7 cm), Ceramics.
EditorialYu Fujiwara, Sake bottle, Japan, Yu Fujiwara, mid-20th century, Japan, Earthenware; round body with short, narrow neck and everted lip; flat base with maker's initial; partially covered with clear glaze and area of purple glaze with orange hue (Bizen w...
EditorialBamboo-shaped sake bottle with birds, bamboo and flowers, Bamboo-shaped porcelain sake bottle with a short, narrow neck, painted on the glaze in blue, red, green, yellow and black. On the wall a bird on a bamboo branch. The shoulder with stray flowers ...
EditorialCourtesan whispering to her kamuro, Courtesan in kimono with pattern of pine branches and a jumping carp, sitting on the porch, embracing her kamuro holding a love letter (the letter is folded in a kind of knot, which indicates a love letter). In the b...
EditorialA contemporary version of the Genji story Mitate Genji shinasadame (title on object), Women, in a teahouse, with various activities such as reading, playing the shamisen (Japanese stringed instrument), cutting toenails and cuddling a cat, in the foregr...
EditorialOvoid sake bottle with a yellow glaze and brown marks, Egg shaped sake bottle made of stoneware with indented walls, covered with a yellow glaze and painted in brown. Four brown spots on the belly. Old label on the bottom with 'W504'., anonymous, Japan...
EditorialBamboo-shaped sake bottle with birds, bamboo and flowers, Bamboo-shaped porcelain sake bottle with a short, narrow neck, painted on the glaze in blue, red, green, yellow and black. On the wall a bird on a bamboo branch. The shoulder with stray flowers ...
EditorialSake bottle with flowering plants, Sake bottle of stoneware with a horizontal ribbed belly and a narrow, short neck, covered with a cream-colored, crackled glaze and painted in underglaze brown. Part of the lower rib is unglazed. Flowering plants on th...
EditorialOvoid sake bottle with a yellow glaze and brown marks, Wooden stopper of egg-shaped sake bottle made of stoneware., anonymous, Japan, c. 1750 - c. 1850, Edo-period (1600-1868), wood (plant material), vitrification, h 6.7 cm ? d 3.8 cm.
EditorialOvoid sake bottle with a yellow glaze and brown marks, egg shaped sake bottle made of stoneware with indented walls and a wooden stopper, covered with a yellow glaze and painted in brown. Four brown spots on the belly. Old label on the bottom with 'W50...
EditorialSake bottle with a cream colored glaze with green spots, sake bottle made of stoneware with a horizontally ribbed belly and a narrow, short neck, covered with a cream-colored glaze with dark green spots. The bottom is unglazed., anonymous, Japan, c. 16...
EditorialSake bottle with a twisted neck and green glaze, Sake bottle made of stoneware with a twisted neck and a narrow, short edge, covered with a green glaze. The bottom is unglazed. Some chips in the foot., anonymous, Japan, c. 1700 - c. 1799, Edo-period (1...
EditorialSake bottle with a bird on a rock with flowering plants, Porcelain bottle (sake bottle) with a cylindrical body, cascading shoulder and a narrow, slightly spreading neck, covered with a celadon-colored glaze and painted on the glaze in blue, red, green...
EditorialCourtesan whispering to her kamuro, Courtesan in kimono with pattern of pine branches and a jumping carp, sitting on the porch, embracing her kamuro holding a love letter (the letter is folded in a kind of knot, which indicates a love letter). In the b...
EditorialSake bottle with two peacocks near a rock with a flowering plant, Porcelain bottle (sake bottle) with a narrow, slightly spreading neck, painted on the glaze in blue, red, green, yellow and black. On the belly twice a peacock by a rock with a flowering...
EditorialSake bottle with fluted sides and a continuous flower spray, Sake bottle of porcelain with ribbed wall and narrow neck, slightly spreading upwards, painted on the glaze in blue, red, green and yellow. A continuous, flowered branch on the wall and shoul...
EditorialTemple visit during the Hatsuuma festival Hatsuuma mairi (title on object) A series with horses (series title) Umazukushi (series title on object), A still life with a puppet in the shape of a fox that performs 'spring horse dance'. Furthermore, there ...
EditorialA contemporary version of the Genji story Mitate Genji shinasadame (title on object), Women, in a teahouse, with various activities such as reading, playing the shamisen (Japanese stringed instrument), cutting toenails and cuddling a cat, in the foregr...
EditorialTanuki under a Bridge, Suzuki Shonen ???? (Japanese, 1848-1918), Meiji, about 1900, ink on silk with some orange, gold, and silver, 62 x 70-3/4 x 3/4 in. (frame), Signed: Shonen hitsu Intaglio seal in shape of sake bottle with character: Sho legible, A...
EditorialSake Bottle: Arita Ware, Ko Imari Type, mid 17th century. Japan, Edo Period (1615-1868). Porcelain with underglaze blue landscape design; diameter: 10.2 cm (4 in.); overall: 20 cm (7 7/8 in.).
EditorialSake Bottle with Three Figures: Arita Ware, Ko Imari Type, late 1700s. Japan, Edo Period (1615-1868). Porcelain with overglaze enamel and gold decoration; 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 ...
EditorialSake Bottle: Ryukyu Namban Ware, 1700s. Japan, Edo Period (1615-1868). Ryukyu Namban Ware: stoneware; overall: 30 x 9 cm (11 13/16 x 3 9/16 in.).
EditorialTea Whisk-Shaped Sake Bottle, c. 1661?72. Japan, Edo period (1615-1868). Porcelain with overglaze enamel (Hizen ware, Kakiemon style); overall: 25.4 x 14.7 x 14.7 cm (10 x 5 13/16 x 5 13/16 in.).
EditorialNinsei-style Sake Bottle with Floral Patterning, ???? ????, Edo period (1615?1868), mid-18th century, Japan, Clay with a crackled transparent glaze, colored enamels, and gold (Kyoto ware), H. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm); Diam. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm), Ceramics.
EditorialSake bottle with pine, bamboo and plum, Edo period (1615?1868), mid-17th century, Japan, Stoneware (Mizoro ware), H. 11 7/16 in. (29 cm), Ceramics.
Editorial?????, Tanuki (Japanese Racoon Dog) with a Sake Bottle and Bills for Sake, Edo period (1615?1868), second half of the 18th century, Japan, Ivory, H. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm); W. 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm); D. 1 in. (2.5 cm), Netsuke, Garaku (Japanese, active second ha...