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Ceramic Sake Cask, Meiji
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Pre 1900 item# 152863 (stock# 07-53)
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Silk Road Gallery
(203) 208-0771
$390
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In Meiji Era Japan, fine sake sometimes was transported from producers to shops in ceramic casks. The name of the sake and name and address of the liquor shop (saketen) were written in underglaze cobalt Kanji on the containers. The front of this 19th century cask shows it held Seiryu Sake, which had a turquoise logo of a path between two wooded hills. The other side of the cask proclaims the name of the shop, Murata Saketen, and its address in Saga Profecture on the south island of Kyushu. The s ...click for details
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Meiji Blue and White Sake Flask
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Pre 1910 item# 151461 (stock# 07-51)
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Silk Road Gallery
(203) 208-0771
$395
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The underglaze cobalt blue Kanji on this Meiji Era (1868-1911) sake flask was applied with a free spirit appropriate for the intended use of the container. One of three Kanji messages identify the bottle as coming from "Mikaya Sake Shop, 214 Genrou Cho." This type of container generally was taken back to the sake shop for refills. Utilitarian ceramics for domestic use often were made by the the same kilns that produced purely decorative wares for export. This bottle comes from the Imar ...click for details
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