瓶へい子じ

noun

earthenware pot; jar; jug

Refers to a traditional earthenware vessel, often used as a decanter for sake or other liquids. The reading へいし is less common.

• 古ふるい酒さか屋やでは、瓶へい子じに入はいった日本にほん酒しゅが並ならんでいる。

  In old liquor stores, sake in earthenware pots is lined up.

• この瓶へい子じは江え戸ど時じ代だいのものだそうだ。

  I heard this earthenware pot is from the Edo period.