Sake flask (tokkuri), porcelain with a white glaze: Asia, East Asia, Japan, Tōhoku, Miyagi, Kirigome kiln, 18th - 19th century

Sake flask (tokkuri), porcelain with a blue underglaze bamboo and rock design, with clouds in a band above: Asia, East Asia, Japan, Tōhoku, Miyagi, Kirigome kiln, 19th century

Sake flask (tokkuri), porcelain with a blue underglaze bamboo and rock design, with clouds in band above: Asia, East Asia, Japan, Tōhoku, Miyagi, Kirigome kiln, 19th century

Sake flask (tokkuri), porcelain with a blue underglaze bamboo and rock design, with clouds in band above: Asia, East Asia, Japan, Tōhoku, Miyagi, Kirigome kiln, 19th century

Sake flask (tokkuri), stoneware, with a stepped shoulder, brown ame glaze and a splash of overglaze, chatter-marking: Asia, East Asia, Japan, Tōhoku, Miyagi, Kaminome kiln, 19th century

Sake flask (tokkuri), stoneware, with a stepped shoulder, grey glaze and chatter-marking: Asia, East Asia, Japan, Tōhoku, Miyagi, Kaminome kiln, 19th century

Storage jar or sake flask (go-shō-tokkuri), stoneware with a stepped shoulder, white slip, dark ame glaze on the rim and neck, and a version of the chrysanthemum and bambo (kikuzasa) and rock design painted in pale blue underglaze: Asia, East Asia, Japan, Tōhoku, Fukushima, Obori kiln, 19th century

Storage jar or sake flask (go-shō-tokkuri), stoneware with a stepped shoulder, white slip, dark ame glaze on the rim and neck, and a version of the chrysanthemum and bambo (kikuzasa) and rock design painted in dark blue underglaze: Asia, East Asia, Japan, Tōhoku, Fukushima, Obori kiln, 19th century

Sake flask (tokkuri), stoneware with a grey glaze and overglaze iron-oxide painted horse, brush-marked inside the footrim 'Dantai': Asia, East Asia, Japan, Tōhoku, Fukushima, Obori kiln, 19th century

Sake flask (tokkuri), stoneware, lip with pourer, stepped shoulder and matt black glaze, thinning to brown in places on body: Asia, East Asia, Japan, Tōhoku, Fukushima, Obori kiln, 19th century

Sake flask (suzu-dokkuri), stoneware with a greyish-green glaze: Asia, East Asia, Japan, Tōhoku, Fukushima, Aizu-Hongō, 19th century

Sake flask (suzu-dokkuri), stoneware with a base crackled grey-glaze and a darker green glaze over the neck and shoulders: Asia, East Asia, Japan, Tōhoku, Fukushima, Aizu-Hongō, 19th century

Sake flask (suzu-dokkuri), stoneware with a base crackled bluish-grey-glaze and a green glaze over the neck and shoulders: Asia, East Asia, Japan, Tōhoku, Fukushima, Aizu-Hongō, 19th century

Sake flask (suzu-dokkuri), stoneware with a base crackled grey-glaze and a darker green glaze over the neck and shoulders: Asia, East Asia, Japan, Tōhoku, Fukushima, Aizu-Hongō, 19th century

Vase for single flower (ichirin-zashi) or sake flask (chōshi/tokkuri), stoneware with a blue-green-glaze trailed over brown base glaze, stamped 'Kanzan': Asia, East Asia, Japan, Tōhoku, Fukushima, Aizu-Hongō, c. 1970

Sake flask (suzu-tokkuri), porcelain, painting in underglaze blue depicting a coastal scene, and three patterned bands around the neck: Asia, East Asia, Japan, Tōhoku, Fukushima, Aizu-Hongō, 18th century