Sake Bottle with Nanban (Southern Barbarian) Design

17th century

Not on view

"Nanban" means "foreigners who come from the south"—the Portuguese and Spanish traders who come to Japan in the 16th and 17th centuries. Their strange clothes and odd physiognomy add a humorous cachet to many decorative arts of the Edo period.

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Title: Sake Bottle with Nanban (Southern Barbarian) Design
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Date: 17th century
Culture: Japan
Medium: Stoneware with overglaze enamels (Awata ware)
Dimensions: H. 10 1/4 in. (26 cm); Diam. 5 1/8 in. (13 cm)
Classification: Ceramics
Credit Line: Gift of Mary B. Henderson, 1975
Object Number: 1975.325.6
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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