Arita kilns
Large Sake Bottle with Design of Flowering Camillia Bush
1667-1732
Physical Qualities
Porcelain with underglaze cobalt decoration, 13 3/16 H x 7 1/2 Diam. in. (33.5 x 19 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. J.H. Mason Knox, Jr., from the Estate of Julia Rogers
Object Number
1945.22.4
Camellia flowers dance on branches with leaves ranging in shade from pale to very dark blue on this Japanese bottle.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1945; Marion Bowdoin Knox (Mrs. J.H. Mason
Knox, Jr.) by bequest, 1945; Miss Julia R. Rogers, Baltimore
Knox, Jr.) by bequest, 1945; Miss Julia R. Rogers, Baltimore
Richard S. Cleveland, "200 Years of Japanese Porcelain," City Art Museum of St. Louis, 10/9-11/15/1970, no. 71, p. 166; circulated to Nelson Gallery-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, 12/3/1970-1/3/1971.
Frances Klapthor, "The Poetic Imagery of Japanese Art," February 22-August 8, 2010. (Levy Rotation)
Frances Klapthor, The Baltimore Museum of art, "Across East Asia: China's Cultural & Artistic Legacy," October 30, 2019-
Collection installation, "Asia. 1,000 Years of Exchange in East Asia", Levy Gallery, Baltimore Museum of Art, October 5, 2023-
Frances Klapthor, "The Poetic Imagery of Japanese Art," February 22-August 8, 2010. (Levy Rotation)
Frances Klapthor, The Baltimore Museum of art, "Across East Asia: China's Cultural & Artistic Legacy," October 30, 2019-
Collection installation, "Asia. 1,000 Years of Exchange in East Asia", Levy Gallery, Baltimore Museum of Art, October 5, 2023-
On View at the BMA
