Antique Japanese Edo Period Blue & White Porcelain Sobachoko Sake / Tea Cup 3" Chobadansu and bulging eyes

and bulging eyes

dark patina

It remains in very vintage good condition

and trees — gives the composition a depth and tonal range closer to ink painting on paper than conventional blue-and-white ceramic decoration

Antique Japanese Edo Period Blue & White Porcelain Sobachoko Sake / Tea Cup 3" Chobadansu and bulging eyesAntique 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