Japanese Colorful Antique Sake Bottle / 'Kutani Ware' / 1830-1900 / Small Vase

This is a white porcelain sake bottle made at the end of the Edo period. The name of this pottery is Iwayaki. The Yako was built in Hikino-cho, Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture. (The location marked with a red circle on the map is the pottery.) The kiln is currently abandoned. The kiln was opened in 1818 and continued until around 1900. Until this time, many sake bottles of this type were made and shipped with various decorations. (Please take a look at the document images of Iwatani Sake Tokkuri with various designs) This item is a pure white sake bottle and has the simplest design. containing a Chinese herbal...

I bought a very nice vase with white porcelain and blue dye. This is a sake bottle called Imari ware in Japan. Imari ware is a kiln with a long history that began in the 17th cen...

We have received very rare and beautiful pottery. This is Japanese "Seto ware". Seto is a historic kiln in Aichi prefecture. (The red circle on the map is the Seto kiln) It is sai...

This is a Japanese Echizen ware pot. It is "Echizenware". Echizen is a historic kiln located in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. (The Echizen kiln is marked with a red circle on the ma...

It is "Echizen ware". Echizen is a historic kiln located in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. It is said to have originated around the 9th century. There are 6 kilns with a long history...

This is a vase baked in Kagoshima prefecture in Kyushu called Satsuma ware in Japan. (The location of Satsuma ware is marked in red on the Japanese map.) In general, Satsuma ware is well known for its luxurious decorations in various colors, but it is made for the upper class and for export. This black Satsuma...

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...

This is a sake bottle which was made around 1900s in Meiji era. These kind of bottles are called Kayoi tokkuri or Binbo tokkuri. It can be used as a sake bottle but also as a flower ...

A good quality late 19th century Japanese Kutani vase, having the classical orange ground, dog of faux handles to either side, classical motif dec...

This is a sake bottle which we call 'Tokkuri' in Japanese. This is used to use by serving sake. It is made with porcelain and it was made around 1960s in Showa era. There are a motif...

A large and impressive pair of Japanese Meiji period (1868-1912) Katani porcelain vases, each with wonderful hand painted scenes of tribes of Samurai warriors inset among boarders of...

Large Japanese stoneware / sake bottle, 19th century.