Bouteille hexagonale (kado tokkuri), M.C. 2736(2), Entre 1840 et 1870

Author(s): bizen (ceramic production center) production date: between 1840 and 1870 dating in century: 19th century type(s) of object(s): ceramic, japan name(s): bottle materials and techniques: stoneware place(s) of execution/realization: bizen dimensions - artwork: height: 22. 2cm diameter: 2. 7cm description: hexagonal bottle with a very short and narrow neck, inscriptions engraved on each side of the body. Bistre color. Marks, inscriptions, hallmarks: mark - engraved on the body: matsu-ya (?) zō (ideogram(s) - kanji) iconographic description: pattern of interlocking rectangular shapes; inscriptions in japanese characters. This particular shape of bizen bottle (some are hexagonal, others square) in a style inspired by yixing stoneware. This type of bottle was used for “hōmeishu”, a kind of medical elixir whose name means “which keeps alive”. Popular from the end of the 16th century in japan, it began to be marketed in the form of tokkuri made in bizen from the kanbun era (1661-1673) (m. M. ) themes / subjects / places represented: non-figurative representation - abstraction, ideogram mode of acquisition: legacy name of donor, testator, seller: cernuschi, henri date of acquisition: 1896 institution: cernuschi museum, museum of asian arts of the city of paris inventory number: m. C. 2736. Date: Entre 1840 et 1870.