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19th C Japanese Oribe Fune-Dokkuri Ship Sake Bottle browse these categories for related items... All Items: Archives:Regional Art:Asian:Japanese: Pre 1900: item # 977227 Please refer to our stock # 2C-360 when inquiring.
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This unusual Japanese Oribe ceramic sake bottle (“tokkuri”) with its wide base is known as a “fune-dokkuri” or ship bottle. Late Edo period, ca. 1860. Such flat-bottomed tokkuri were used on ships in Japan to prevent the bottle from toppling over in rough seas. It was hand potted from buff colored clay which was covered with a clear creamy crackled glaze and freely painted with sparse underglaze brown iron oxide decoration. The front is decorated with a tendril vine design and the back with three tama or sacred jewels. Covering the lip and neck of the bottle is the richly-crackled thick mottled copper green overglaze which is so characteristic of Oribe ware. This thick green glaze produces a lovely blue streaking effect where it pools on the shoulder. Oribe ware, a folk pottery produced in kilns located in Mino and Seto, is particularly Japanese in taste and was never made for export. Its bold and spontaneous designs and contours were generally asymmetrically executed in styles that were distinct, imaginative and vigorous. Oribe pottery derives its name from Furuta Oribe, a famous 16th century tea master. His influence over the pottery production of his day led to the development of a certain type of ware that was later named after him, nearly all relating in some way to the tea ceremony. Folk-craft products or “mingei,” of which this tokkuri is representative, are objects used by common people. These commonplace, functional artifacts are endowed with a beauty directly connected with their utility – a beauty that is simple, humble and unassuming. CONDITION is excellent. DIMENSIONS: 8” (22 cm) high, 5 ˝” (14 cm) diameter at base. |
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