Vintage Japanese Signed Hand Painted Sake Tokkuri Vase

This is a vintage Japanese porcelain ceramic tokuri used to pour sake. It is hand painted and has a simple elegant style with a larger hole to fill and smaller one that flutes out to easily pour small cups of sake. Glazed both inside and out it would make a fine little bud vase.

It has the signature of the Japanese artist on the bottom (see pictures 4 & 5).

This vase measures 4" tall by 2 1/2" diameter across at the bottom (10 x 6 cm). Having been in storage for over 50 years, it remains like new and in perfect condition. Holds water (or hot sake) just fine.