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For a nearly identical bottle see Idemitsu Museum of Arts, ed., Nihon Toji: Idemitsu bijutsukan zohin zuroku Japanese Ceramics in the Idemitsu Collection (Tokyo: Idemitsu Museum of Arts, 1990), pl. 662.
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ARITA WARE, AODE KO-KUTANI STYLE, EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY)
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A Porcelain Sake Bottle
Arita Ware, Aode Ko-Kutani Style, Edo period (17th century)
The double-gourd bottle decorated overall in iron-oxide with scrolling vines on a green enamel ground and covered with a clear glaze, the lip also applied with iron-oxide; recessed foot glazed, foot rim unglazed and with kiln grit
8¾in. (22.3in.) high
Arita Ware, Aode Ko-Kutani Style, Edo period (17th century)
The double-gourd bottle decorated overall in iron-oxide with scrolling vines on a green enamel ground and covered with a clear glaze, the lip also applied with iron-oxide; recessed foot glazed, foot rim unglazed and with kiln grit
8¾in. (22.3in.) high