Antique Japanese Ceramic Sake Bottle Kayoi-Tokkuri Spout Large Gray Kanji TS801 edo era The surface of the cedar

The surface of the cedar wood is burnt to color the wood grain

5 cm wide x 5 cm tall (include the lid)

This is a "Sansui-ga" landscape of mountains and rivers

There is kanji writing on both the side of the bowl and the top of the lid

Little rust stains on the paper parts

Antique Japanese Ceramic Sake Bottle Kayoi-Tokkuri Spout Large Gray Kanji TS801 edo era The surface of the cedarAntique Japanese Pottery Sake Bottle Kayoi Tokkuri This is an antique Japanese ceramic sake bottle. It is called a Kayoi Tokkuri and is used to store and pour sake from a hole at the bottom, serving as a spout, though it doesn't have a bung. This pale gray bottle has a Kanji on the body. The commuting sake bottle became popular as a rental container for liquor stores in the Edo period when sake began to be consumed daily. Gray, brown Ceramic C1900