A JAPANESE COPPER POURING VESSEL

A JAPANESE COPPER POURING VESSEL

MEIJI OR LATER, 20TH CENTURY

The body with two side spouts and a long handle, the surface decorated with a dense pattern of cranes amongst pine trees, scrolling tendrils, and confronting cranes-shaped mon, a large flowerhead engraved underneath, 49cm.

These vessels are notably used at Kamigamo Shrine (Kyoto) to ritually pour sake during the Chrysanthemum Festival (Choyo no Sekku) on the ninth day of the ninth month.