Large Sake Bottle with Plum Branch Design
Original Language Title八代焼梅枝文徳利
CultureJapanese
Datelate 18th-early 19th century
MediumStoneware with inlaid slip design and clear glaze (Yatsushiro ware)
DimensionsOverall: 12 × 6 1/2 inches (30.48 × 16.51 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number32-59/7
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Gallery LabelThis bottle once held alcohol. After forming the shape, the artist carved the plum tree branch in the semi-hard clay. Then, the artist filled the grooves with a mixture of liquified clay known as slip. The result is a design that resembles an ink painting composed of free, spontaneous brushstrokes. This technique has roots in Korean ceramic tradition.
With Yamanaka and Company, New York, by 1932;
Purchased from Yamanaka and Company by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1932.Nelson-Atkins
Museum of Art, Ceramics: highlights from
the collection of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (The Nelson-Atkins Museum
of Art Museum, 2016), 33.
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