Japanese Sake Bottle with Hand-painted Underglaze Blue Decoration antique norwegian souvenir I would keep this on

I would keep this on the coffee table or nightstand to look at very frequently

Altogether quite a special thing I think

My favorite thing about it

with one pen mark on the textile detailed in one of the photos and some wear to the dowel

Japanese Sake Bottle with Hand-painted Underglaze Blue Decoration antique norwegian souvenir I would keep this onI 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