Sake Bottle Artist: Shimaoka Tatsuzō (Japanese, 1919–2007)

20th century

Asian Art

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Stoneware

Dimensions

7 5/16 × 3 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (18.6 × 8.9 × 8.9 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Ann and Robert S. Walzer

Accession Number

2005.102.3

Geography

Japan

Culture

Japanese

Period

20th century

Classification

Containers

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Provenance
Asia Gallery, Cambridge Mass.; purchased in Oct 1972 by The Rubin-Ladd Foundation, Georgetown, Conn. and New York; gift in 2005 to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Object copyright
Not Assigned
Additional information

Object/Work type

stoneware

Marks

Accompanying wooden box lid interior bears a title "Zogan jokki (inlayed Jug)" and Shimaoka's signature "Tatsuzo" in ink followed by his seal in red letters "Tatsuzo".

Signed

It bears Shimaoka's incised sign at the bottom center.

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