Sake Bottle: Ryukyu Namban Ware (1700s): Art, History and Details
Sake Bottle: Ryukyu Namban Ware at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1700s, Ryukyu Namban Ware: stoneware. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Sake Bottle: Ryukyu Namban Ware (1700s) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
Note the rich color gradations over the body that range from a deep brown to olive to ochre to a rust-red. The incised and gouged markings on the bottle contribute to its rustic texture.
Object facts
- Title: Sake Bottle: Ryukyu Namban Ware
- Date: 1700s
- Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
- Type: Ceramic
- Technique: Ryukyu Namban Ware: stoneware
- Dimensions: Overall: 30 x 9 cm (11 13/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
- Collection: Japanese Art
- Department: Japanese Art
- Accession number: 1980.82
Collection credit
Edward L. Whittemore Fund
View the collection record
See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.
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