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Octagonal Sake Bottle with Multi-storied Buildings in a Chinese Landscapesecond half of 18th century

On view:
Geffen Galleries, Blue-and-White Porcelain of East Asia
Small faceted blue-and-white porcelain bottle with cobalt underglaze landscape depicting a pagoda, temple buildings, pine trees, and misty mountains

Unknown, Octagonal Sake Bottle with Multi-storied Buildings in a Chinese Landscape, second half of 18th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Allan and Maxine Kurtzman, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Octagonal Sake Bottle with Multi-storied Buildings in a Chinese Landscape
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
second half of 18th century
Period
Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
Hirado Mikawachi ware; porcelain with blue underglaze
Dimensions
5 7/8 × 3 7/8 in. (14.92 × 9.84 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Allan and Maxine Kurtzman
Accession Number
AC1997.273.38
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Singer, Robert; Hollis Goodall. Hirado Porcelain of Japan: From the Kurtzman Family Collection.
    Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1997.