Bottle

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Object Name: 
Bottle
Accession Number: 
62.3.69
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 10.9 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1740
Primary Description: 
Colorless non-lead glass; blown, cut, enameled. Tapered, conical form; short, cylindrical neck; small, rounded shoulders; spreading, straight sides with cut flat vertical panels; enameled in black with a hunt scene, a man on horseback, carrying a lance, while four dogs attack a bear, buildings in the background; polished flat base with a ring of polished oval facets encircling a large circular facet.
Department: 
Provenance: 
Antiquitaten Czeslaw Bednarczyk, Source
1962
Category: 
Bottles of the World (Sekai no hei)
Venue(s)
Suntory Museum of Art 1977-03 through 1977-05