Gourd-shaped wine bottle with gold and silver ornaments over blue glaze

Gourd-shaped wine bottle with gold and silver ornaments over blue glaze
Gourd-shaped wine bottle with gold and silver ornaments over blue glaze
Gourd-shaped wine bottle with gold and silver ornaments over blue glaze

Height 19.5 cm, mouth diameter 2.2 cm, body diameter 8.9 cm, bottom diameter 6.5 cm
 Many lapis lazuli glazed gourd-shaped tokutas were fired in Arita and were once exported to Europe. However, lapis lazuli glazed ones have also been excavated from Kutani old kiln sites, so some may have been made in Kutani. This one, probably made in Arita, is a superior example of a lapis lazuli glazed gourd-shaped tokutari, with gilt decoration on the front of the vessel.

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