Bottle - Rice Wine
Production date
Late 19th Century
Country
Australia
State/Province
Queensland
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Object detail
Description
Ceramic brownware bottle. Rounded base leading to a narrow neck. The fluted lip is missing. Light buff coloured body with a dark brown/black glaze stopping bottle slightly short of base. Glaze has lost much of the metallic sheen typical of rice wine bottles.
Classification
ARCHAEOLOGY Historical archaeology Overseas Chinese
ARCHAEOLOGY Historical archaeology Domestic
ARCHAEOLOGY Historical archaeology Late 19th century
PACKAGES AND CONTAINERS Bottle wine bottle
ARCHAEOLOGY Historical archaeology Domestic
ARCHAEOLOGY Historical archaeology Late 19th century
PACKAGES AND CONTAINERS Bottle wine bottle
Production date
Late 19th Century
Production place
Measurements
H152 x Dia.120 mm
Media/Materials description
Ceramic
History and use
This ceramic rice wine bottle was manufactured in China in the mid-late 19th century and was recovered from archaeological excavations at the Cairns' Chinatown in the early 2000s. The bottle is almost complete, but is missing the fluted lip that would have expanded from its narrow neck. These vessels are often referred to as 'brownware', a category of dark-brown glazed ceramic bottles, jars and other foodstuff containers that are characteristic of overseas Chinese sites.
Uploaded to the Web 27 May 2011.
Uploaded to the Web 27 May 2011.
Registration number
S904.287