Sake jug chôshi with lid. Yellowish clay covered with grayish glaze; woven wicker handle. Decorated with animals deer with antlers, maples and leaves. Function: alcohol/sake vessel. Meiji period, late 19th century Japan, Harima; Otsu. Height 8 cm; width 12 cm; diameter 10.5 cm; weight 0.24 kg., A small ceramic teapot shaped like an animal with a rounded body and a short spout sits on a reflective surface; the teapot is mostly pale green-beige with a pattern of several white circular spots and darker brown-green accents on the lid and raised decorative lines, and it has a woven brown handle arched over the top.
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Sake jug chôshi with lid. Yellowish clay covered with grayish glaze; woven wicker handle. Decorated with animals deer with antlers, maples and leaves. Function: alcohol/sake vessel. Meiji period, late 19th century Japan, Harima; Otsu. Height 8 cm; width 12 cm; diameter 10.5 cm; weight 0.24 kg., A small ceramic teapot shaped like an animal with a rounded body and a short spout sits on a reflective surface; the teapot is mostly pale green-beige with a pattern of several white circular spots and darker brown-green accents on the lid and raised decorative lines, and it has a woven brown handle arched over the top.

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Sake jug chôshi lid Yellowish clay covered grayish glaze woven wicker handle Decorated animals deer antlers maples leaves Function alcohol sake vessel Meiji period late 19th century Japan Harima Otsu Height 8 cm width 12 cm diameter 10.5 cm weight 0.24 kg small ceramic teapot shaped animal rounded body short spout sits reflective surface teapot mostly pale green-beige pattern several white circular spots darker brown-green accents raised decorative lines woven brown handle arched top.

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