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 gro of parallel lines covering the body; with a wood storage box inscribedKo-Bizen kabuse-yaki kabura tokkuri (Ko-Bizenkabuse-fired turnip form flask), inside the lid inscribed by Katsura Matasaburo (a Ko-Bizen scholar, 1901-1986) authenticating the vessel was made in the Momoyama period, together with a paperkanteisho (certificate of authentication) by Yoshimura Keiho, another Ko-Bizen scholar.26cm (10¼in) high. (3).