Japanese Ceramic Sake Bottle Vtg Kayoi-Tokkuri Gray Hand-Written Kanji TS573 lacquer box 4 cm wide x 4

4 cm wide x 4 cm tall

Chipped on the corner of the panel

6 cm long x 4 cm wide

This is a typical ceramic mortar commonly used in Japan

stamped and carved pattern filled with white clay inside

Japanese Ceramic Sake Bottle Vtg Kayoi-Tokkuri Gray Hand-Written Kanji TS573 lacquer box 4 cm wide x 4Vtg Japanese Ceramic Sake Bottle Kayoi Tokkuri This is a Japanese vintage sake bottle. This bottle is in gray color and has black Japanese characters on the front. This particular sake bottle has an attached string to facilitate transport. 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