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A bulbous grey clay stoneware soy sauce bottle transfer printed with Japanese symbols and logo in blue. Neck of bottle glazed in black.
Top view of round shouldered grey clay soy shoyu bottle dating from the 1920s 1930s. Classic Japanese product design.
Detail showing Japanese symbols, reading ‘Trademark Yamato’, arranged around a round weight Mt.Fuji logo. ‘Nippon Shoyu’ also written.
Detail of antique soy sauce bottle. Visually balancing the shouldered body of the grey clay vessel and trademark -transfer printed in navy blue- is the thick black glaze that coats the neck and rim of the bottle.
A hand-thrown Japanese soy sauce bottle with a wonderfully classical yet unfussy silhouette.
Detail showing the dripping thick black glaze applied to the rim and neck of this antique soy sauce shoyu bottle designed and made in the art deco period in Japan, circa 1920.
Detail showing the ribbed body of an antique stoneware soy sauce bottle made in handmade in Japan on a wheel circa 1920
Close up showing the manufacture of a stoneware soy sauce bottle made in Japan between 1920 and 1930
Detail showing the base of a stoneware soy sauce bottle handthrown on a wheel in Japan circa 1920. Classic timeless Japanese product design.
Close up of base of stoneware soy sauce bottle from Japan. Only the foot is unglazed.
An antique Japanese soy sauce bottle laying on its side. The gracefulness of the form is complimented by how elegantly the graphic design has been arranged.
Side view of an antique Japanses ceramic bottle vase. The natural light highlights the tool marks on the hand-thrown clay body.
Close up showing thick black glaze coating the rim and neck of this antique Japanese soy sauce shoyu bottle.
Top down view showing a grey clay Japanese soy bottle vase laying on its side on a red table cloth.
head on shot showing the bulbous shouldered form of a grey stoneware clay bottle made in Japan in the art deco period circa 1920 1930. Very elegant timeless Japanese product design.
An antique 1920s soy sauce shoyu bottle upside down. The bottle being upside down helps emphasise the elegant fluid form of the bottles silhouette.
A rare antique 1920s Japanese bottle designed and made for soy sauce circa. An early example of brilliant Japanese product and graphic design.
Early-20th Century

Antique 'Nippon Shōyu' Bottle

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An antique stoneware bottle designed and made in Japan as a receptacle for Japanese Soy Sauce, circa 1920.

The hand-thrown bottle has a wonderfully classical yet unfussy silhouette. The gracefulness of the form is complimented by how elegantly the graphic design has been arranged.

Visually balancing the shouldered body of the grey clay vessel and trademark -transfer printed in navy blue- is the thick black glaze that coats the neck and rim of the bottle.

Manufacturer: Kokichi Yamamoto (?) 

Year of Design: C. 1920

Colours: Grey, blue, black

Height: 14.5 cm, Diameter: 12 cm

Condition: Minor chip to foot of bottle, please see photo.

Branding: Japanese symbols, reading ‘Trademark Yamato’, arranged around a round weight Mt.Fuji logo. ‘Nippon Shoyu’ also written.