Gourd shaped sake bottle. Glazed white ceramic bottle shaped like a gourd with a round bulbous body which tapers to the neck. The very top has a dark brown glaze then a thin ring of lighter brown glaze and then a tan body. The body glaze is rough textured and there is painted black kanji on one side. In the top is a cork plug with a white plastic top. Over this is a green paper square folded to fit over the top and so the corners hang down like the stem and end of a gourd. Wrapped around the middle and the top is a deep purple cord with two tassels on the ends.

1998.121.006