Wine Bottle with Chinese Character Reading Treasure (Japanese, takara)

Medium

Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze (Hizen ware; Imari type)

Dimensions

H. 8 5/8 in. (21.9 cm); W. 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm)

Classification

Ceramics

Culture & Period

Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Harry G. C. Packard Collection of Asian Art, Gift of Harry G. C. Packard, and Purchase, Fletcher, Rogers, Harris Brisbane Dick, and Louis V. Bell Funds, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, and The Annenberg Fund Inc. Gift, 1975

Accession Number

1975.268.476