Large Sake Bottle
Location
Era
Edo period (1615-1868)-Meiji period (1868-1912)
Title
Large Sake Bottle
Date
19th c.
Materials
Stoneware
Dimensions
44.2 cm (h.), 24.2 cm (diam.)
Credits
Adaline Van Horne Bequest, inv. 1944.Dp.88
Collection
Archeology and World Cultures
This large sake bottle is decorated with three kicking horses whose dynamic movements and careful rendering indicate that the bottle was made for a high-ranking samurai household. The sake stored in this bottle of 2 shō (3.6 litres) was poured into smaller bottles of 1 or 2 gō (180 or 360 millilitres) when served.
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