Antique Japanese Ceramic Sake Bottle Kayoi-Tokkuri Gray Kanji Yasui Manbei TS852 Kutani inside: 22x 22 x 21

inside: 22x 22 x 21

this oval-shaped serving tray is long with raised sides to keep things from sliding off the edge

Comes with a paper box and description of item cards

202 cm long x 63 cm wide

Kanji on the side reads: Hasunohana-Tsubomi

Antique Japanese Ceramic Sake Bottle Kayoi-Tokkuri Gray Kanji Yasui Manbei TS852 Kutani inside: 22x 22 x 21Antique 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: Yasui Manebei male name, 697 (might be a block number of the shop or the bottle