Lid to the box for a pair of sake bottles. See 1996.17.175 .3 for the box used with this lid. Made from wood with two small wooden blocks adhered to the base. There is a row of Japanese text painted onto the surface of the box; on the top and the bottom of the lid with a red stamped makers mark seal beneath the text. Part of boxed set 1996.17.175 .1

Collection type: Object
Description: Lid to the box for a pair of sake bottles. See 1996.17.175 .3 for the box used with this lid. Made from wood with two small wooden blocks adhered to the base. There is a row of Japanese text painted onto the surface of the box; on the top and the bottom of the lid with a red stamped makers mark seal beneath the text. Part of boxed set 1996.17.175 .1 - .8. [ASh [OPS move] 03/03/2016]
Long description: The bottles are stored in a wooden box with handwritten characters appearing on the inside and outside of the lid. The box is strapped with a black cotton ribbon (hime). Each bottle is wrapped in its own white cotton textile bag and then covered with another printed white cotton textile.
Geographical reference: Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan; Kutani
Cultural groups: Japanese
Person: Field collector John Lowe; PRM source John Lowe
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1970
Date collected: circa 1970
Acquisition information: Donated: 02/1996
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Pigment, Process Painted, Process Stamped
Dimensions: Height: max 18 mm, Width: max 112 mm, Length: max 203 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1996.17.175.4
Research and responses: For more information concerning the history and making of sake see John Lowe's article, 'The Taste of Sake', Kansai Time Out, October 1986, pp 8, 10.

Search terms: Vessel, Box, Bottle, Lid

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