Antique Japanese Edo Period Blue & White Porcelain Sobachoko Sake / Tea Cup 3" Cricket Fighting White and dark blue liner

White and dark blue liner

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

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

Antique Japanese Edo Period Blue & White Porcelain Sobachoko Sake / Tea Cup 3" Cricket Fighting White and dark blue linerAntique 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