Vintage Japanese Bizen Pottery Tokkuri Sake Bottle Vase Wood Fired Wabi Sabi 5.5

Vintage Bizen-style stoneware tokkuri (sake bottle). A beautiful, highly tactile piece of vintage studio pottery: a Japanese-style tokkuri (sake bottle), frequently collected today to serve as a rustic bud vase. It features a spectacular unglazed, coarse clay body crafted in the tradition of Bizen or Shigaraki ware. **Aesthetic:** Classic Wabi-Sabi form embracing organic textures, deep horizontal throwing rings, and natural asymmetrical variations. * **Natural Ash Glaze:** Features a beautiful, naturally occurring gray-blue and cream ash glaze across the neck and shoulders, created by flying wood ash melting on the clay during high-temperature kiln firing. * **Versatility:** Displays beautifully on its own as a shelf styling object, or functions perfectly as a rustic flower or bud vase. **Overall Surface:** Very Goods vintage condition. couple very small chip at base. (photo 3&40  Because this is an unglazed, wood-fired studio piece, the rough kiln grit, pockmarks, and surface variations are intentional characteristics created by the artisan and the kiln fire  Japanese Mingei folk art, studio pottery vases, Japandi home decor, mid-century modern organic ceramics, Mashiko ware, and minimalist artisan vessels,