Vtg Japanese Pottery Sake Bottle Kayoi-Tokkuri
This is a Japanese vintage sake bottle. This bottle is in gray color and has a guardian lion Shisa face design on one side and a dragon face on the other side. The Shisa and the dragon are a brown and green glossy glaze. This type of sake bottle is from Okinawa. This sake bottle has a label on it.
Also called a Kayoi-Tokkuri, this type of bottle 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.
- Ceramic
- C1970
- Item weight: 318 grams
- Packed weight: 700 grams
- Approx. 9.7 cm wide x 15 cm tall
- Good condition. Marks inside the mouth. 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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