Japanese Natural Hyotan Gourd Vtg Sake Bottle Lucky Charm Calabash Horse G248 teoke Design: Snow-covered house

Design: Snow-covered house

Net pattern obon (Ajirobon)

Book for Jodo-shin sect or Jodo-Shinshu

Missing brackets on lid underside (does not stay closed)

Cotton fabric dyed with brilliant red

Japanese Natural Hyotan Gourd Vtg Sake Bottle Lucky Charm Calabash Horse G248 teoke Design: Snow-covered houseVintage Japanese Natural Gourd Bottle Wound with red silk tasseled cords with a wooden peg lid, this large naturally dried hyotan gourd was not only made for storing and carrying sake and seeds but as a good luck charm for display. Its delightful reddish brown color is paired with a hand painted image of a leaping horse, likely as a representation of the Japanese saying "hyotan kara koma ga deru" which translates to "a horse comes out from a gourd".