Hand Painted Vintage Japanese Sake Bottle

A large, beautifully glazed antique Chinese food jar with expertly hand painted bird imagery and Chinese characters. Glazed with a striking sh...

A nicely glazed, tall antique Chinese ceramic wine jar with a wide mouth and graceful shape. From Shanxi Province, circa 1920. CR714.

Large antique ceramic food jars with beautifully rendered bird and floral imagery. From China, Hebei Province, circa 1900.
CR430

A classic, antique Chinese porcelain jar, circa 1850. This unusual, hand painted piece evokes it's mid-19th Century period, yet fits in a...

A truly attractive and unusual set of two antique Chinese ceramic wine jars. Each piece displays a similar glaze, hand painted decoration and is of related design, with four handles...

A classic Chinese covered porcelain tea container with the double happiness symbol surrounded by six bats, representing health, long life and ...

A Japanese ceramic Sake Jar from the early 20th century. The jar features glazed ceramic and hand-painted characters. Dimensions: Height 27cm x Diameter 1...

A Japanese ceramic Sake Jar from the early 20th century. The jar features glazed ceramic and hand-painted characters. Dimensions: Height 27cm x diameter 1...

A Japanese ceramic Sake Jar from the early 20th century. The jar features glazed ceramic and hand-painted characters. Dimensions: Height 26cm x diamet...

The long neck bottle of classic form was heavily potted with coarse clay with high iron content. The flask, circa 18th century Edo period, was purposed for sake storage but also substituted as a flower vase during tea ceremony. The surface is covered in glossy black glaze and contrasts strikingly with white ash glaze around the shoulder. The white, fired with straw, displays a splashing feather effect and fine crackles, blending in with the black artistically. This type of Karatsu ware...

A set of four Japanese Ceramic Tokkuri Sake storage bottles circa early 20th century (Meiji to Taisho period). The bottles were made in Tamba (Tanba) kil...

A beautiful, perfectly shaped and balanced antique Bizen ware shibui sake bottle (tokkuri) vase by renowned Japanese master potter/artist Kaneshige Toyo (1896-1967) featuring a unique natural, wonderfully textured organic forming ash glaze. Kaneshige is universally considered to be the founder of modern Bizen pottery. In 1956, Kaneshige was certified as a Living National Treasure (Important Intangible Cultural Heritage) for his work in Bizen Ware pottery/ceramics. Bizen Ware is a type of Japanese pottery traditionally from the Bizen province, presently a part of the Okayama prefecture. It is considered one of the Six Ancient Japanese Kilns (along with Echizen ware, Seto ware, Shigaraki ware, Tamba ware, and Tokoname ware). The piece is signed/ sealed on the base with one of Kaneshige's traditional incised marks. A rather striking and engaging work. One of the best Kaneshige works we have come across. Scarce and hard to find in such an excellent condition. Would be a fantastic addition to any Japanese/Asian pottery or Bizen Ware collection or eye-catching stand-alone work in about any setting. Kaneshige's work can be found in numerous prominent collections and museums including: Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum, Seto, Japan Brooklyn Museum, NY Hagi Uragami Museum, Yamaguchi, Japan Honolulu Art Museum, HI Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum, Kasama, Japan Indiana Art...