Antique Japanese Edo Period Blue & White Porcelain Sobachoko Sake / Tea Cup 3" Orin Bell with a rounded globular body

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Meiji period (circa late 19th century)Dimensions: 7

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Antique Japanese Edo Period Blue & White Porcelain Sobachoko Sake / Tea Cup 3" Orin Bell with a rounded globular bodyAntique 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