Antique Japanese Edo Period Blue & White Porcelain Sobachoko Sake / Tea Cup 3" Cricket Fighting For other us

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depicting lotus blossoms and broad leaves rendered in delicate tones of pink and green

Minor surface variations and glaze pooling consistent with manufacture rather than age-related wear

Shinohara Kunimoto was killed in battle at Nobeoka in August 1877 — just weeks before this print's September publication date — making this a near-contemporaneous memorial image of a fallen commander

5"W × 16"D × 41"H (95 × 41 × 104 cm)

Antique Japanese Edo Period Blue & White Porcelain Sobachoko Sake / Tea Cup 3" Cricket Fighting For other usAntique 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