Sake Bottle ("Tokkuri") with Children
(Japan and Korea )
This Hirado ware vase depicts Chinese children chasing a butterfly.
Provenance
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William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Conservation
Date | Description | Narrative |
---|---|---|
4/12/2016 | Treatment | Cleaned |
4/12/2016 | Treatment | Cleaned to remove dust. |
Geographies
Japan (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H with lid: 8 11/16 × Diam: 5 1/8 in. (22.1 × 13 cm); H of vase: 8 1/2 × Diam: 5 1/8 in. (21.6 × 13 cm); Lid H: 3/16 × Diam: 7/8 in. (0.4 × 2.3 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Charles Street: Second Floor: 17th-Century Dutch Cabinet Rooms
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
49.966