Antique Japanese Grey Glazed Stoneware Tokkuri Sake Jug Iron Black Merchant Calligraphy Meiji 10"H Ukiyoe Seasonal Use: All-seasons (medium-walled

Seasonal Use: All-seasons (medium-walled

outlined in white beaded wire and enclosing dense polychrome floral and butterfly compositions — blue

a hallmark of quality export production during the Meiji era

Made from finely woven bamboo or reed

This is a vintage Japanese four drawer tansu in a simple late Meiji era design

Antique Japanese Grey Glazed Stoneware Tokkuri Sake Jug Iron Black Merchant Calligraphy Meiji 10"H Ukiyoe Seasonal Use: All-seasons (medium-walledAntique Japanese Grey Glazed Stoneware Tokkuri Sake Jug Iron Black Merchant Calligraphy Meiji 10"H Japan Late Edo to Meiji Period, 19th century A grey glazed stoneware tokkuri () of sturdy proportions, carrying a single large boldly brushed iron black underglaze character dominating the front face, with secondary calligraphic text below a merchant or brewery mark rendered with the directness and confidence characteristic of commercial ceramics of the