Antique Japanese Dark Glazed Stoneware Tokkuri Sake Jug White Slip Calligraphy Tap Hole Meiji 14"H Japanese Antique Japanese Kiri Isho Dansu

Antique Japanese Kiri Isho Dansu — Two-Section 衣装箪笥 Meiji Era

Measuring an unusually large 19" x 8"

Condition: Vintage condition with visible wear consistent with age and use

The interior layout follows the asymmetric chadansu convention: two upper sliding panel doors in Macassar veneer with ring pulls flank an open display niche

Length = 23

Antique Japanese Dark Glazed Stoneware Tokkuri Sake Jug White Slip Calligraphy Tap Hole Meiji 14"H Japanese Antique Japanese Kiri Isho DansuAntique Japanese Dark Glazed Stoneware Tokkuri Sake Jug White Slip Calligraphy Tap Hole Meiji 14"H Japan Late Edo to Meiji Period, 19th century A dark iron brown glazed stoneware tokkuri () of good proportions, the ovoid body rising to a narrow neck with rolled lip ring. Bold merchant calligraphy in white slip sweeps across the body in a loose, expressive hand the identifying mark of a sake brewery or merchant house. A lower tap hole is present,