Small sake flask with a nice round belly, short neck and flaring mouth, made of gray stoneware covered with a white opaque over a gray, speckled glaze, creating a spiraling pattern. Décor of two pine saplings in a circle on top of the gray but underneath the white glaze. 

Impressed potter’s seal in bottom. Unidentified.

Japan, second half 20^th century

H 4.5 inches

Excellent condition, no damages

From the estate and collection of Reiko Sakagami Baum and Michael Baum, collectors, artists and patrons of the arts, who lived in New York City, Lexington, KY among other places.