Antique Japanese Ceramic Imari Sake Bottle Kayoi-Tokkuri Blue Peony Botan TS623 Japanese plates The design depicts butterflies flying

The design depicts butterflies flying over chrysanthemum flower to flower

Drawstring bag design

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The Kanji characters say Ryosen 亮泉

Antique Japanese Ceramic Imari Sake Bottle Kayoi-Tokkuri Blue Peony Botan TS623 Japanese plates The design depicts butterflies flyingAntique Japanese Pottery Sake Bottle Kayoi Tokkuri This is an antique Japanese ceramic sake bottle. It is called a kayoi tokkuri and is used to pour and store sake. The commuting sake bottle became popular as a rental container for liquor stores in the Edo period when sake began to be consumed daily. This bottle is an off white color with a handpainted indigo blue peony and leaves painted on one side. This particular tokkuri bottle has an elegant long