Wine Bottle with Landscape Scenes

Japan

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Possibly made in the region of Kyoto, this bottle, which is based on seventeenth-century prototypes, illustrates the continuing impact of Chinese shapes and designs in Japanese ceramics. Similar pieces are still produced today. It has an interesting inscription carved into the bottom that can be translated as “best, best, good fortune.”

Wine Bottle with Landscape Scenes, Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze, Japan

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Wine Bottle with Landscape Scenes, Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze, Japan
Wine Bottle with Landscape Scenes, Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze, Japan
Wine Bottle with Landscape Scenes, Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze, Japan
Wine Bottle with Landscape Scenes, Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze, Japan

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