Japanese Sake Bottle with Hand-painted Underglaze Blue Decoration ferris wheel and the box sits on

and the box sits on round brass or bronze feet

I love this little thing

especially of curves

and the tiny flowers here and there are just the perfect punctuation

and are in very good vintage condition

Japanese Sake Bottle with Hand-painted Underglaze Blue Decoration ferris wheel and the box sits 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