A Japanese Rectangular Sake Bottle

Reference: ART2007

Rectangular bottle, slightly wider at the top than bottom. Short spout in one corner and a handle moulded in form of chrysanthemum spray, decorated in underglaze blue with a figure standing among rock work with bamboo growing out of the rock.

Note: A similar bottle can be found in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Refs. Japanese export porcelain, by Oliver Impey. The middle period, P186 Item 295 and P206 Item 342.

Condition: minor glaze imperfection