Antique Japanese c1910’s Hand Painted Sake Tokkuri Jug Blue & White 12" Shinhanga Sensu (fan) and Shochikubai (Pine-Bamboo-Plum

Sensu (fan) and Shochikubai (Pine-Bamboo-Plum Blossom) motif

5 cm) tall

The trestle-style legs are shaped in a waisted baluster profile with pierced oval apertures — a classical kyosoku leg form — each set on a flat rectangular foot

701–762) — the Tang Dynasty poet celebrated throughout Chinese literary culture for his love of wine and his ecstatic

with dark iron-brown detailing for foreground rocks

Antique Japanese c1910’s Hand Painted Sake Tokkuri Jug Blue & White 12" Shinhanga Sensu (fan) and Shochikubai (Pine-Bamboo-PlumThis is an antique Japanese sake jug (tokkuri) from the late Meiji Era (c. 1910). This type of sake jug was one of the first recyclables in that it could be returned to the sake company that made it and be refilled. It is all hand made and fired at high temperatures for lasting durability. Height = 11. 5" (29cm) Diameter = 10. 5" (26. 5cm) Weight = 13lbs 12oz It remains in good condition however there is staining that adds a certain aged character. It