Sake Bottle with Dutchmen, 18th century
Unknown Japaneseexpand_more
Imari ware; porcelain with underglaze cobalt blueexpand_more
Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundationexpand_more 2015.79.300
Not on Viewexpand_more
Early forms of sake (fermented rice wine) emerged in Japan over 2,000 years ago. Among naturally fermented beverages, sake ranks at the top in terms of alcohol content (18-20%; grape wine by comparison averages 12-14%).
The global circulation of tobacco from the Americas also impacted premodern drinking culture. This sake bottle depicts two Dutch men holding a Japanese pipe, known as a kiseru. Kiseru were already in use when the Dutch established trade relations in 1609. These elongated pipes became popular in the late 1500s when Portuguese or Spanish merchants introduced tobacco from the Americas.
Details
- Title
- Sake Bottle with Dutchmen
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2015.79.300
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Murase, Art through a Lifetime, no. 619
- Curator Approved
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