Antique C1900 Japanese Ceramic Sake Bottle Kayoi-Tokkuri Beige Kanji Brown TS754 senmaki white and red

white and red

Feathers are carved one by one

it has a medium brown base with a light brown-to-green drip glaze

Camellia floral design on blue background

this katagami stencil with a silk backing is decorated with a pair of irises (ayame)

Antique C1900 Japanese Ceramic Sake Bottle Kayoi-Tokkuri Beige Kanji Brown TS754 senmaki white and redAntique 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 beige with some brown Japanese kanji characters on the outside. There is also a brown cord tied to the neck for decoration