Pair of Squared Wine Bottles with Design of Prunus and Flowering Plants

CultureJapanese
Titles
  • Pair of Squared Wine Bottles with Design of Prunus and Flowering Plants
Date1670–1690
MediumPorcelain with overglaze enamel and gold (Kakiemon ware, Imari ware)
DimensionsEach: 8 1/2 × 3 1/4 in. (21.6 × 8.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Friends of Asian Art, Julia Anderson Frankel and Russell M. Frankel, Dr. Ellen R. Gritz and Mr. Milton D. Rosenau Jr., the Director's Accessions Endowment, the Houston Endowment, the Elizabeth S. and Marjorie G. Horning Asian Art Accessions Endowment Fund, Miwa S. Sakashita and Dr. John Stroehlein, Nanako and Dale Tingleaf, Various donors in honor of Nidhika Mehta, and Drs. Ellin and Robert Grossman, and Elizabeth and David Copeland
Object number2016.169.1,.2
Non exposé

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