Antique Japanese Ceramic Sake Bottle Kayoi-Tokkuri Gray Brown Kanji Kuroda TS912 lion The teacup is a stark

The teacup is a stark white with bands of indigo blue in different thicknesses

This gimlet blade is twisted

Natsume's lid cracked

Brown discoloration on inside

18 cm long

Antique Japanese Ceramic Sake Bottle Kayoi-Tokkuri Gray Brown Kanji Kuroda TS912 lion The teacup is a starkAntique 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 lettering. Gray, brown Ceramic C1900 Some characters: Kurodamura village name, ( surrounded by a circle, read Maruichi, and that is a