Sake Bottle with Nanban (Southern Barbarian) Design

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image shows a square ceramic sake bottle with a short neck and flared mouth. The bottle features a black and white design depicting men on horseback; they wear dark robes with white trim and hats, and carry weapons. The horses have dark bodies with white trim and are saddled. The background of the design includes bare tree branches. The top of the bottle has a similar design around the edge. The background of the image is white with a shadow cast by the bottle to the left.