Hasami kilns
Sake Bottle Decorated with Floral Roundels, Swallows and Blossoms on Waves
1799-1832
Scroll
Hasami kilns
Sake Bottle Decorated with Floral Roundels, Swallows and Blossoms on Waves
1799-1832
Physical Qualities
Porcelain with underglaze cobalt, and overglaze red enamel and gold decoration, 9 13/16 H x 5 Diam. in. (25 x 12.7 cm.)
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.47.28
Swallows arrive in Japan each spring from south China, southeast Asia and even as far away as northern Australia. The birds are symbolic of springtime, and emblems of good fortune as well.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996 (extended loan from 1966); Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, by gift; Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest, 1909; George A. Lucas, Paris
"Exhibition of Paintings, Bronzes and Porcelains from the George A. Lucas Art Collection," The Maryland Institute, Baltimore, 1911.
Frances Klapthor, "An Eastward Glance - Chinese and Japanese Art from the Lucas Collection," BMA, August 2006-February 2007.
Frances Klapthor, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Poetic Imagery of Japanese Art," February 22-August 8, 2010. (Levy Rotation)
Collection installation, "Asia. Artistic Innovation & Exchange", Levy Gallery, Baltimore Museum of Art, October 5, 2023-
Frances Klapthor, "An Eastward Glance - Chinese and Japanese Art from the Lucas Collection," BMA, August 2006-February 2007.
Frances Klapthor, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Poetic Imagery of Japanese Art," February 22-August 8, 2010. (Levy Rotation)
Collection installation, "Asia. Artistic Innovation & Exchange", Levy Gallery, Baltimore Museum of Art, October 5, 2023-
"Exhibition of Paintings, Bronzes and Porcelains from the George A. Lucas Art Collection," The Maryland Institute, Baltimore, 1911, no. 672, p. 106.
On View at the BMA
