Antique Japanese Pottery Soy Sauce Bottle, Kayoi
This is an antique Japanese ceramic soy sauce bottle. This style of tough, portable bottle is called kayoi. The commuting sake bottle became popular as a rental container for liquor, vinegars, soy sauce, etc in the Edo period. This period bottle is gray with brown specks and some black Japanese kanji characters on the outside.
- Gray, black
- Ceramic
- Kanji on bottle: Shoyu (soy sauce), Maru hori ten (store name), Takayama 3-2 (address)
- C1900
- Item weight: 1500 grams
- Packed weight: 2100 grams
- Approx. 13 cm wide x 25 cm tall
- Good condition considering age. 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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