Antique Japanese Dark Glazed Stoneware Tokkuri Sake Jug White Slip Calligraphy Large Format Meiji 10"H Bowls There are remnants of gold

There are remnants of gold Shakudo (gold

It is all hand painted with a design that features one of the Seven Lucky Gods - Fukurokuji - depicted riding his magical crane

a hallmark of mid-century Imari porcelain

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Medium: Forged steel blade

Antique Japanese Dark Glazed Stoneware Tokkuri Sake Jug White Slip Calligraphy Large Format Meiji 10"H Bowls There are remnants of goldAntique Japanese Dark Glazed Stoneware Tokkuri Sake Jug White Slip Calligraphy Tap Hole Meiji 14"H Japan Late Edo to Meiji Period, 19th century A dark iron brown glazed stoneware tokkuri () of good proportions, the ovoid body rising to a narrow neck with rolled lip ring. Bold merchant calligraphy in white slip sweeps across the body in a loose, expressive hand the identifying mark of a sake brewery or merchant house. A lower tap hole is present,