Antique Japanese Edo Period Blue & White Porcelain Sobachoko Sake / Tea Cup 3" Orin Bell partially legible)

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with exception to very minor signs of past use

In this period of his life he was probably the most famous painter of his time

it may have wrinkles

with a rounded globular body rising to a tall

Antique Japanese Edo Period Blue & White Porcelain Sobachoko Sake / Tea Cup 3" Orin Bell partially legible)Antique Japanese Sometsuke Sobachoko with Stylized Landscape Scene Japan, late Edo (circa 1800s1860s) Dimensions: 3W 2. 25H (7. 6 5. 5 cm) This antique Japanese porcelain vessel is a classic sobachoko (), originally used for dipping soba noodles and later widely adopted for tea, sake, or small servings. Thrown in a gently flared cylindrical form, it is decorated in underglaze cobalt blue (sometsuke) on a soft grey white porcelain body, with a warm