Small blue-white porcelain tokkuri, Japan, Arita kilns, late Edo period, 19th centurySmall porcelain sake bottle in the shape of an oke (traditional Japanese bucket with handle). The body is decorated in blue underglaze with birds and floral motifs: bamboos, chrysanthemums and persicaria (or Japanese knotweed). The lower part shows a frieze of stylized waves and the upper part a frieze of medallions alternating with a rider and kumikikko (woven tortoiseshell) geometric motifs. The handle shows a classical decoration of Greek and foliage motifs. The heel is in unglazed biscuit. Height : 20 cm