ANTIQUE JAPANESE TANUKI BIZEN PORCELAIN SAKE BOTTLE WITH HAT SAKE BOWL
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:261888 | Region of Origin: Japanese |
| Sub-Type: Bizen Ware | Product: Antique Japanese Sake Bottle with Cup/Hat |
| Original/Repro: Antique Original | Primary Material: Porcelain/ Pottery |
This rare BIZEN WARE hand crafted antiquecorked SAKE BOTTLE WITH DRINKING CUP is in the form of a Japanese Folklorecreature, TANUKI (Japanese Raccoon Dog). The folklore Tanuki is found intraditional art and is famed for SHAPESHIFTING and disguise, as well as being mischievous, jolly, gullible and absentminded. ------------ This Tanuki sake bottle is in EXCELLENT CONDITION, and rare because itincludes his HAT which doubles as the SAKE CUP (often lost over time, orbroken). The... Hat was originally held in place with a thin rattan string thathas long since rotted. The original cork is present but the sake has evaporatedover the years. --------- An identical piece sold bySchnneible Fine Arts for US $295. For confirmation/provenance, paste the wholeof the following title into google search & click the Schnneible Fine Arts webentry: ‘JAPANESEANTIQUE FOLK TANUKI HANDMADE HAND GLAZED SCHNEIBLE’. ------- ThisTanuki Sake Bottle (with his hat/cup in place) measures approximately 6.5inches high (16 cm.), 3.5 inches wide & deep (9 cm.). It weighs 505 grams. ---------------Please note, there is no reserve andyou pay only the postage stamp cost; Royal Mail Recorded Delivery Post in theUK at just £3.95; or ‘Post Office Air Mail Tracked Delivery’ in the EuropeanUnion at £11.60. For delivery everywhere else (outside the UK and EuropeanUnion) the ‘Post Office International ‘Tracked & Signed For’ ParcelDelivery’ postage cost is £14.95.
