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Object NameSakazuki Decanter with Stopper

Factory Satsuma Clan Factory

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1857

Place MadeJapan, Kyushu-chiho, Kagoshima, Shuseikan

TechniqueBlown, cased, cut

SizeOverall H: 25.4 cm, Diam: 7.9 cm

Accession Number55.6.18 A

Credit LineGift of Asahi Glass Company

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

A Glittering Interlude: Visions of Satsuma-kiriko

On ViewEuropean Gallery

Physical DescriptionClear glass with blue overlay; free-blown, cased and cut; decanter, pear-shaped body with straight walls and flat base, slender almost cylindrical neck with flaring rim; conical stopper with flattened knop surmounted by a heavy disk as finial; decanter and stopper heavily cut in a diamond pat tern; paneled bottom, body cut in strawberry diamond the hexagons and trapezoids being in blue overlay, neck cut in panels; the knop of the stopper is blue, the disk is scalloped and cut on top in a diamond star.
Provenance

Source Asahi Glass Company (Japanese, 1908-1913) - 1955-01-18