id:			140312
accession number:	1964.272.b
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1964.272.b
updated:		2023-03-10 19:42:51.759000

Sake Bottle with Three Figures (lid), 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 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Collection 1964.272.b

title:				Sake Bottle with Three Figures (lid)
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creation date:			late 1700s
creation date earliest:		1760
creation date latest:		1799
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creditline:			Severance and Greta Millikin Collection
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culture:	Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
technique:	porcelain with overglaze enamel and gold decoration
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	Japanese Art
type:		Ceramic
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measurements: 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 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Cleveland Museum of Art (6/30–9/5/1982): “The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art” <br>Cleveland Museum of Art (7/5–9/2/1990): “The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection” <br>Later Japanese Art Gallery Rotation (Gallery 113); February 20 - May 6, 2003.<br>Later Japanese Art Gallery Rotation (Gallery 113); March 18 - November 17, 2004.<br>Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 236); April 19, 2013 - December 24, 2013

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PROVENANCE

	(N. V. Hammer, Inc., New York); Severance and Greta Millikin, Cleveland, 1961.
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wall description:
The bottle features three elegantly drawn figures: a beautiful woman, a young man, and a priest. The artist used a fine-haired brush to draw these figures in colored enamel onto the porcelain bottle, which had already been given a clear glaze. A final firing fused the enamel to the form. The name derives from the port of Imari from where Japanese porcelains were shipped to other cities in Japan, China, and Europe.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, and Jenifer Neils. <em>The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 156, no. 160
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IMAGES

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full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1964.272.b/1964.272.b_full.tif