Antique Japanese Edo Period Blue & White Porcelain Sobachoko Cup Landscape 3"W Cranes There are four lock plates

There are four lock plates but the locks have over time become inoperable and no key is necessary and no risk of getting locked out

5 x 46 cm)

This one has an exposed bamboo scoop with a red lacquered back with hand painted "shumari" (kick balls) in gold maki-e

The rim retains original gilt detailing

1888 by the great Japanese artist Yoshitoshi Tsukioka (1839 to 1892)

Antique Japanese Edo Period Blue & White Porcelain Sobachoko Cup Landscape 3"W Cranes There are four lock platesLate Edo Period Japanese Blue and White Porcelain Sobachoko Cup with Landscape Design, circa 1850s Japan, mid 19th century Height: approximately 2. 75 inches A finely hand painted blue and white porcelain sobachoko () dating to the late Edo period, around the 1850s. This elegant cylindrical cup features an expressive underglaze cobalt landscape scene, with a thatched riverside pavilion nestled among stylized bamboo and trees, rendered in fluid,