Antique Japanese Edo Period Blue & White Porcelain Sobachoko Cup Landscape 3"W Cranes The rim retains original gilt

The rim retains original gilt detailing

This one has an exposed bamboo scoop with a red lacquered back with hand painted "shumari" (kick balls) in gold maki-e

1888 by the great Japanese artist Yoshitoshi Tsukioka (1839 to 1892)

This is a ceramic bowl known as a chawan (tea bowl) used in a Japanese chanoyu (tea ceremony)

a time when Japan ended its isolationist policies and began integrating Western technology and aesthetics into its arts

Antique Japanese Edo Period Blue & White Porcelain Sobachoko Cup Landscape 3"W Cranes The rim retains original giltLate Edo Period Japanese Blue and White Porcelain Sobachoko Cup with Landscape Design, circa 1850s Japan, mid 19th century Height: approximately 2. 75 inches A finely hand painted blue and white porcelain sobachoko () dating to the late Edo period, around the 1850s. This elegant cylindrical cup features an expressive underglaze cobalt landscape scene, with a thatched riverside pavilion nestled among stylized bamboo and trees, rendered in fluid,