Blue Glass Sake Bottle (Tokkuri)

late 18th–first half 19th century

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 231

This gracefully formed sake bottle is a characteristic example of Edo-period free-blown glass. A similar vessel appears on the first advertising and wrapping paper issued by the Edo glass wholesaler Kagaya (ca. 1828), where it is labeled “lapis-blue sake-warming bottle.” Despite this source, it is unknown whether these bottles could actually have served such a purpose.

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藍色徳利
Title: Blue Glass Sake Bottle (Tokkuri)
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Date: late 18th–first half 19th century
Culture: Japan
Medium: Indigo-blue glass
Dimensions: H. 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm); Diam. of rim: 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm); Diam. of base: 3 3/16 in. (8.1 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, 2002
Object Number: 2002.361.1
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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