A JAPANESE WOOD JAR AND COVER WITH SHŌJŌ

A JAPANESE WOOD JAR AND COVER WITH SHŌJŌ
MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

The tall jar shaped as a sake container, the sides decorated in relief with four shōjō depicted in various degrees of drunkenness, the lid surmounted by another shōjō carved in the round, 26cm overall. (2)