Antique Japanese Ceramic Sake Bottle Kayoi-Tokkuri Gray Black Kanji TS616 carving Pink thread on inner frame

Pink thread on inner frame is fraying

It has a cylindrical shape and it is easy to hold

black on the bottom

Pray to meet a good partner

It holds a koban gold coin that says fuku 福

Antique Japanese Ceramic Sake Bottle Kayoi-Tokkuri Gray Black Kanji TS616 carving Pink thread on inner frameAntique 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 on a daily basis. This bottle is white with some black Japanese kanji characters on the outside. It has an opened hole on the bottom to facilitate pouring the sake.