Japanese Sake Bottle with Hand-painted Underglaze Blue Decoration ferris wheel I love this little thing

I love this little thing

and are in very good vintage condition

I believe this birdcage dates from the 1930s or so

While later pieces were made using molds

and the tiny flowers here and there are just the perfect punctuation

Japanese Sake Bottle with Hand-painted Underglaze Blue Decoration ferris wheel I love this little thingI really love the lush unglaze blue decoration on this old porcelain Japanese Sake bottle or Tokkuri super loose and gestural, dense on the front and sparser on the reverse, and feeling to me both ancient and modern. The banded design around the shoulders of the bottle was done at a bit of a tilt, making me love it even more, as if its maker had a sake to two before embarking on their task! I've found a close match of this bottle that describes it as