Antique Japanese Ceramic Sake Bottle Kayoi-Tokkuri Gray Brown Kanji Kuroda TS912

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 daily. This gray bottle has brown lettering.

• Gray, brown
• Ceramic
  
• C1900
• Some characters:  黒田村 Kurodamura village name, 一(一 surrounded by a circle, read Maruichi, and that is a shop name), 五百五十六 gohyakugojuroku 556 (might be a bottle number or a block number)
• Item weight: 1537 grams
• Packed weight: 2037 grams
• Approx. 14 cm wide x 25 cm tall
• Good condition considering age. Glaze imperfections from production.  Slightly wobbly. 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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