A PAIR OF JAPANESE SHONZUI-STYLE SAKE BOTTLES

A PAIR OF JAPANESE SHONZUI-STYLE TOKKURI (SAKE BOTTLES)
SHŌWA ERA, 20TH CENTURY

By the Suda Seika kiln, each gourd-shaped bottle with a tall cylindrical neck, typically decorated in underglaze blue with panels enclosing figures, birds and landscapes, on a ground of various brocade patterns; with a tomobako (wood box) labelled Kutani Seika saku, Shonzui utsushi, tokkuri futatsu (pair of blue and white Shonzui-style porcelain sake bottles, made by Seika, Kutani ware), 14.5cm. (3)