Antique Japanese Edo Period Blue & White Porcelain Sobachoko Sake / Tea Cup 3" Cricket Fighting depicting lotus blossoms and broad

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

White and dark blue liner

Weight = 10lbs 6oz (13lbs 11oz w/ presentation box)

may appear on the underside of the fuchi rim

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Antique Japanese Edo Period Blue & White Porcelain Sobachoko Sake / Tea Cup 3" Cricket Fighting depicting lotus blossoms and broadAntique 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