A KO-BIZEN STONEWARE TOKKURI (BOTTLE) Momoyama period (1573-1615), late 16th/early 17th century (3)A KO-BIZEN STONEWARE TOKKURI (BOTTLE)Momoyama period (1573-1615), late 16th/early 17th centuryThe jar with a wide mouth surmounting a waisted neck ending in a rolled lip, the body reddish chocolate-brown with irregular patches of natural ash-glaze on the front, incised throughout with groups of parallel lines covering the body; with a wood storage box inscribed Ko-bizen kabuse-yaki kabura tokkuri (Ko-Bizen kabuse fired turnip form flask), inside the lid inscribed by Katsura Matasaburo (a Ko-Bizen researcher, 1901-1986) authenticating the vessel was made in the Momoyama period, together with a paper Kanteisho (certificate of authentication) by Yoshimura Keiho, another Ko-Bizen researcher. 26cm (10¼in) high. (3).None