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Meiji Ceramic Sake Cask Rice Stalk Design browse these categories for related items... All Items: Antiques:Regional Art:Asian:Japanese:Folk Art: Pre 1900: item # 912459 Please refer to our stock # 07-53 when inquiring.
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| Sake dispensed from this large ceramic cask served late 19th century patrons in Saga Prefecture on Japan’s south island of Kyushu. The turquoise logo of a path between two wooded hills shows the cask held Seiryu Sake. The other side of the cask proclaims the name of the sake shop, Murata Saketen, and its address. This Kanji in vivid underglaze cobalt with the splash of turquoise, and the rice stalks in relief extending up two sides of the container make this an especially nice cask. After putting a rope or bamboo handle through the two top loops and inserting a faucet into the hole under the logo, the shopkeeper was able to fill patrons’ containers directly from the cask. The piece originally had a white ceramic lid, now missing; otherwise the container is in excellent condition. Dimensions: height 12” (30.5 cm), diameter 11” (28 cm). | |||||||||||
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