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Japanese-made pottery
The title is Suiteki Oke (水滴 桶).
This is a Japanese water dropper created by Tamamura Toyo.
A small water pitcher for Japanese shodo calligraphy.
It's used for dropping water into an inkstone little by little.
Height : 5.2 cm
Length : 8.2 cm
Width : 7.5 cm
Toyo-san was the maestro to make tea bowl in Hagi ware pottery. His achievements were so great that all sorts of expression touched our hearts.