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Ring bottle

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Ring bottle, by Kenzan Tomimoto, is a ceramic object. The object is a thick ring with a roughly textured surface. The ring has a large circular hole in the center. The ring is primarily orange-brown in color. The ring has green and yellow glaze on parts of the surface, with visible cracks in the glaze in some areas. The top of the ring has a small bump or nub. The background of the image is a plain gray color. The ring casts a faint shadow on the surface below it.

Artwork Details

Date
1820–30
Medium
Earthenware
Culture
American
Dimensions
494 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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