Antique Japanese Edo Period c1800 Grey Glazed Stoneware Tokkuri Sake Jug Iron Black Calligraphy 10"H Giclee Original date: April 1931 (Shōwa

Original date: April 1931 (Shōwa 6)

standing atop the hulls of defeated warships worn as sandals

and taupe-grey on deep burgundy-crimson (ebi-iro) ground

identifies the Ashikaga mon long associated with the shogunal line and its branch families

and scattered insect marks throughout

Antique Japanese Edo Period c1800 Grey Glazed Stoneware Tokkuri Sake Jug Iron Black Calligraphy 10"H Giclee Original date: April 1931 (ShōwaAntique Japanese Grey Glazed Stoneware Tokkuri Sake Jug Iron Black Calligraphy Kannyu Crackle Meiji 10"H Japan Late Edo, 19th century A grey glazed stoneware tokkuri () of classic bottle form, the body decorated with bold iron black underglaze merchant calligraphy in a formal, structured hand multiple lines of text identifying a brewing or merchant establishment. The grey glaze shows a pronounced kannyu () crackle pattern across the surface, developed