Japanese Ceramic Sake Bottle

3 ceramic Japanese Sake bottles of varying age From right to left: 1940's, 1930's and 1900.

A beautifully shaped and glazed hand painted Japanese sake bottle with gorgeous calligraphy. A wonderful shelf piece. Japan, circa 1960. CR1006a.

Ryuichi Kakurezaki (b. 1950), Bizen Tokkuri, Japan, flattened and crooked flask shape with a distorted dish-shape mouth, stoneware with a splashed thick glassy creamy glaze over a c...

Japanese Tokkuri, ( Sake or shochu bottle ) with glazed characters. A 19th century Tokkuri with glazed characters indicating the shop and makers name. This tokkuri was made in the mi...

Japanese Tokkuri, (Sake or shochu bottle) with high relief glazed characters. Very special Tokkuri with high relief glazed characters indicating the shop and makers name. This tokkur...

A hand built three sided sake bottle by contemporary ceramic artist Kakurezaki Ryuichi (b. 1950- ). Siting on three legs, with the body coated in a creamy white glaze over a red ash...

As the predecessor to modern-day growlers, the purpose of these bottles were just as straightforward. They were made for Sake, or 'rice wine': filled, sealed, carried, stored, and re...

A collection of six Japanese stoneware sake bottles circa first quarter of 20th century. Heavily potted, these bottled were covered in white glaze and brushed on with black Kanji cha...

Japanese sake bottles make wonderful lamps --they're shiny, decorated with lovely calligraphy and have great presence without being too large. We selected bright brass fittings to co...

This antique 'pigeon' sake bottle is from the Edo period (1603-1868). It is ceramic and in perfect condition with an incredible patina. Has a tan, slight olive color tone to it.

This unusual bottleneck jar is a late-Meiji era Japanese sake bottle, also known as tokkuri. Used to heat and serve sake, the ceramic bottle has a graceful, tapered form with wide sh...

A pair of ceramic Japanese sake bottles with writing in dark ink, now mounted as lamps.

A Japanese ceramic Sake Jar from the early 20th century. The jar features glazed ceramic and hand-painted characters. Dimensions: Height 26cm x diameter 14.5cm.  

A Japanese ceramic Sake Jar from the early 20th century. The jar features glazed ceramic and hand-painted characters. Dimensions: Height 27cm x Diameter 16cm.  

A Japanese ceramic Sake Jar from the early 20th century. The jar features glazed ceramic and hand-painted characters. Dimensions: Height 27cm x diameter 17cm.  

This glazed ceramic jar is a Japanese sake bottle from the late-Meiji era.

This glazed ceramic jar is a Japanese sake bottle from the late-Meiji era.

A very cool collection of seven antique Japanese Sake bottle made of ceramic stoneware from Meiji Period, circa 1890s.

This glazed ceramic jar is a Japanese sake bottle from the late-Meiji era.

Japan, a collection of seven antique blue and white and iron red multi glazed porcelain sake bottles, Meiji period. These are beautiful little gems, hand-painted in Classic floral pa...

Japan, a collection of eight antique blue and white and iron red multi glazed porcelain sake bottles, 19th century. These are beautiful little gems, hand-painted in Classic floral pa...

A very eye-catching and wonderful piece. Hand painted and beautifully decorated. Completely intact. Really stands out. Dimensions: 13.5" high, 6" diameter.

A very eye-catching and wonderfully colored and textured piece. Freely hand painted with calligraphy/ Kanji characters and beautifully glazed. Would be a nice addition to any J...

A very eye-catching and wonderfully decorated piece. Freely hand painted with calligraphy/ Kanji characters and beautifully glazed. Would be a nice addition to any Japanese cer...

Here's a wonderful example of a fine antique Japanese hand-painted tall ceramic sake bottle. Notice the superb calligraphy detailed in cobalt blue glaze- trademarks of exquisite Japa...

Fine ceramic bottle vase and sake flask with blue hatch mark sgraffito salt glazed decoration.

Edo period green, cream and orange glazed ceramic Sake bottles with beautiful

craquelure throughout

Lovely bottle vase / sake flask with chattered decoration, from Okinawa, mid-20th century.

A wonderful 20th century sake bottle by Toshu Yamamoto (1906-1994). Toshu Yamamoto was born in Inbe, Bizen City, and became a National Living Treasure in 1987. Trained under artis...

Fujiwara Yu (1932-2001) was the fourth Bizen potter to become a national living treasure when he received the accolade in 1996. His father was Fujiwara Kei, who had also been designa...

A beautifully glazed and hand painted Japanese sake bottle with gorgeous calligraphy. A wonderful shelf piece. Japan, circa 1960. CR1006.

A beautifully glazed and hand painted Japanese sake bottle with gorgeous calligraphy on all sides. A wonderful shelf piece, Japan, circa 1960. CR1006b.

A beautifully glazed and hand painted Japanese sake bottle with gorgeous calligraphy on all sides. A wonderful shelf piece, Japan, circa 1960. CR1006.

Great patina and graphic hand-painted calligraphy (shodō) on this pair of 19th century Japanese glazed ceramic Sake vessels.

A gracefully shaped vintage Japanese sake bottle with striking and beautiful calligraphy all around, mid-20th century. CR1005.

Japanese Tokkuri, (Sake or shochu bottle) with glazed characters. A 19th century Tokkuri with glazed characters indicating the shop and makers name. This tokkuri was made in the mid-...

Here is a three-sided faceted sake flask (tokkuri) with a silver glaze by Kakurezaki Ryuichi. His signature style is illustrated with this beautiful sake bottle. Standing on three le...