Antique Japanese Ceramic Sake Bottle Kayoi-Tokkuri Gray Kanji Matsumoto TS849 morijio Fair condition

Fair condition

Some damage near the mouth and on the right hand

Hand written Kanji on the lid backside: 3-B

Silk or No silk:  Silk outside of the paper

4 cm long x 11

Antique Japanese Ceramic Sake Bottle Kayoi-Tokkuri Gray Kanji Matsumoto TS849 morijio Fair conditionAntique 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 characters. Gray, brown Ceramic C1900 Some characters: Matsumoto might be a place name, mukai might be a place name, shin ( with line