Japanese cast iron sake kettle (choshi) with the characteristic flattened spout decorated in low relief on one side with prunus blossoms and on the other side with bamboo. The wooden lid is covered with stippled lacquer. These iron kettles were used to heat sake during the cold winter months. Flower form finial. Meiji period (19th century). Measures about 7 3/4" to the top of the handle and about 9 1/2" across to the tip of the spout. The kettle is in very good overall condition. ...click for details
Japanese cast iron tetsubin decorated on the front with a bird perched on a flowering prunus limb. The back is decorated with a single flowering branch. Flower form finial. Dates circa the late Meiji period to early 20th century. Measures about 9 1/2" to the top of the handle and about 7 3/4" across to the tip of the spout. Very good overall condition. There is a little rust on the underside of the lid and there is a gooey residue in the interior.
Japanese cast iron tetsubin decorated overall with a dense relief millefleur pattern. Flower form finial. A two-character maker's mark is in relief next to the spout. Dates circa early 20th century. Measures about 9" to the top of the handle and about 8 1/4" across to the tip of the spout. Very good overall condition. There is rust in the interior.
Japanese cast iron tetsubin decorated around the circumference of the shoulders and lid with a hailstone ("arare") patterned band. The lid has a pine cone finial. Meiji to Taisho period (late 19th to early 20th century). Measures about 7 3/4" to the top of the handle and about 6 1/2" across to the tip of the spout. There is rust in the interior.
Japanese antique cast iron water vessel set into a portable iron hibachi tea pot rack. The water vessel is used to heat water for tea. It is decorated with two raised ideographs which mean "long life" and has two ring handles at the sides. The removable top of the rack is decorated with a raised pattern of scrolling foliage. The maker's mark and information is contained within a large raised seal on the side. The set dates from the late Meiji Period to early 20th century. The ...click for details
