Antique Japanese Edo Period Blue & White Porcelain Sobachoko Sake / Tea Cup 3" Orin Bell The plate’s scale and shallow

The plate’s scale and shallow depth place it firmly in the category of a display charger rather than everyday tableware

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

The tiger carving is very well done

modern design

Antique Japanese Edo Period Blue & White Porcelain Sobachoko Sake / Tea Cup 3" Orin Bell The plate’s scale and shallowAntique 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