A Böttger red stoneware sake bottle

CIRCA 1715, LATER MOUNTED AS A SCENT-BOTTLE, THE MOUNTS EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A Böttger red stoneware sake bottle
Circa 1715, later mounted as a scent-bottle, the mounts early 20th Century
Of conventional square form with slender tapering neck and stepped square foot (neck extensively reduced, repair to corner of foot and chip to another corner of foot covered by mount) the square neck mount cast with husks and cones and with flared circular screw top, the foot with gadrooned mount
7½ in. (19 cm.) high overall

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