Japanese sake bottle

An image of Japanese pottery. Sake bottle. Unknown pottery, perhaps, Japan, Narita. Sake bottle of globular form with long neck. Buff body, thrown and turned. Cream glaze, the neck and shoulders covered with pours in blue and green. Heavy pitting visible. Stoneware, glazed, height 25.30 cm, diameter, rim, 4.30 cm, diameter, bottle, 14.10 cm, diameter, base, 8.20 cm, circa 1875-circa 1925. Meiji Period (1868-1912).

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Japanese pottery. Sake bottle. Unknown pottery, perhaps, Japan, Narita. Sake bottle of globular form with long neck. Buff body, thrown and turned. Cream glaze, the neck and shoulders covered with pours in blue and green. Heavy pitting visible. Stoneware, glazed, height 25.30 cm, diameter, rim, 4.30 cm, diameter, bottle, 14.10 cm, diameter, base, 8.20 cm, circa 1875-circa 1925. Meiji Period (1868-1912).

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Accession Number: C.118-1934
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Katie Young
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 761 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 576.26kB
Exposure time: 1/180
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 19/1

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19th Century 20th Century blue bottle Fitz_AA glazed globe globular green Japanese Meiji Period Narita pottery sake bottle stoneware thrown turned

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