Antique Japanese Pottery Sake Bottle Kayoi-Tokkuri
This is an antique 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 period bottle is brown with some beige Japanese kanji characters on the outside. There is also a brown twine rope tied to the neck as well as a hole at the base for a spigot for easy pouring.
- Brown, beige
- Ceramic
- Some kanji on bottle: Ikeda (name)
- C1900
- Item weight: 2231 grams
- Packed weight: 2900 grams
- Approx. 18.5 cm wide x 29 cm tall
- Good condition considering age. Chip on spigot hole near bottom. Glaze and clay imperfections from production. Marks. Wear and tear due to age. Please see the photos carefully.
- We got this item at an antique auction in Tajimi in Gifu, Japan
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