Japanese Sake Bottle with Hand-painted Underglaze Blue Decoration old tin It features its original label

It features its original label

This "bowl of treasures" design apparently first appeared in the 16th century

I imagine it was constructed from bits of scrap wood left over from making other things

this piece is in very good condition

So when I spotted this and one other of her prints at an antiques shop recently

Japanese Sake Bottle with Hand-painted Underglaze Blue Decoration old tin It features its original labelI really love the lush unglaze blue decoration on this old porcelain Japanese Sake bottle or Tokkuri super loose and gestural, dense on the front and sparser on the reverse, and feeling to me both ancient and modern. The banded design around the shoulders of the bottle was done at a bit of a tilt, making me love it even more, as if its maker had a sake to two before embarking on their task! I've found a close match of this bottle that describes it as