Antique Japanese Ceramic Sake Bottle Kayoi-Tokkuri Gray Kanji Omuraya TS854 Other Vases Nagano Prefecture

Nagano Prefecture

Tugarunuri design with abalone shell inlay

The glass case is sealed so we can not be 100 percent sure of the materials

Vtg Japanese Wooden Desk

The photograph is pasted on a sturdy and thick piece of cardboard

Antique Japanese Ceramic Sake Bottle Kayoi-Tokkuri Gray Kanji Omuraya TS854 Other Vases Nagano PrefectureAntique 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 characters. Gray, brown Ceramic C1900 Some characters: Omuraya liquor shop name, 120 (might be a block number of the shop or the bottle