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Wine bottle with lotuses and admonition
Date
13th–14th century
Medium
Stoneware with cut-glaze decoration (Cizhou ware)
Dimensions
H. 12 5/8 in. (32.1 cm); Diam. 9 in. (22.9 cm); Diam. of rim 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm); Diam. of base 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)
Culture
China
Classification
Ceramics
Department
Asian Art
Gallery
205
Location
205
Credit
Purchase, Seymour Fund and Mary and James G. Wallach Foundation Gift, 2014

Description

Overview Wine bottle with lotuses and admonition China 13th–14th century On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 210 The inscription running in two lines to either side of the dramatic lotus scroll reads:

“ Drink less wine Gain more knowledge”