Sake Bottle (Tokkuri) in the Shape of an Eggplant

Japan

second half 19th century

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 231

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茄子形徳利
Title: Sake Bottle (Tokkuri) in the Shape of an Eggplant
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Date: second half 19th century
Culture: Japan
Medium: Stoneware with iridescent iron glaze and rice straw ash (Bairin ware)
Dimensions: H. 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm); Diam. 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm)
Classification: Ceramics
Credit Line: The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936
Object Number: 36.120.654
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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