Japanese Ceramic Sake Bottle Kayoi-Tokkuri Vtg Classic Black Kanji Gray Rope TS7 woman Wood carving on the front

Wood carving on the front side

horizontal crack on the belt

the kiln name

The Seven Lucky Gods are Bihyamonten (God of financial luck)

This is a Japanese Buddhist altar fitting

Japanese Ceramic Sake Bottle Kayoi-Tokkuri Vtg Classic Black Kanji Gray Rope TS7 woman Wood carving on the frontVintage Japanese Pottery Sake Bottle Kayoi Tokkuri This is a vintage Japanese ceramic sake bottle. It is called a Kayoi Tokkuri and is used to pour sake. The commuting sake bottle became popular as a rental container for liquor stores in the Edo period when sake began to be consumed on a daily basis. This classic period bottle is gray with some black Japanese kanji characters on the outside. There is a rope tied at the neck of the bottle for