Antique Japanese Ceramic Sake Bottle Kayoi-Tokkuri Hand-Written Kanji TS499 sunset Japanese figurine

Japanese figurine

flower stand: 24

Small leaves design

It is flower arabesque patterns designed with flowers and leaves painted in blue sometsuke and the rim is a wavy edge all around

7 cm long x 22 cm wide x 3

Antique Japanese Ceramic Sake Bottle Kayoi-Tokkuri Hand-Written Kanji TS499 sunset Japanese figurineAntique Japanese Pottery Sake Bottle Tokkuri This is an antique Japanese ceramic sake bottle, Kayoi Tokkuri. It achieved fame in the Edo period as a liquor store rental container. It was then that sake consumption increased significantly. Brewers would ship the sake to stores via wholesalers, and customers would buy it in this bottle. Inscriptions on the body can include the name of the liquor store, its location, and a trademark. Hand written Kanji