Bottle
Artist
Unknown
CultureJapanese
Date19th century
MediumPorcelain
DimensionsOverall: 13 x 8 3/4 in. (33 x 22.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.172
Not on view
DescriptionPorcelain bottle with a tall, narrow, cylindrical neck with a .3cm wide band at the mouth. Bulbous body has wide shoulders and a foot rim 13.8cm in diameter. Body smooth, milk white, design of a crouching tiger in bamboo foliage on one side, another tiger looking straight up on the other side. Painting very delicate, well done, in light blue. Bottom glazed, interior glazed down from top for 5cm. Small black pit beside tail of crouching tiger.
G. Nickerson
March 12, 1863
ca. 1850