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    Posted 1 month ago

    kwqd
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    This cup is about 3.25" high x 3" top diameter. It is densely hand decorated and signed on the bottom. The condition suggests it is not very old, but I seldom see this level of hand decoration on modern Japanese pottery. There are six medallions painted around the cup. I neglected to get images of the three smaller ones, but will add them when I get a chance.

    I have been keeping my eye out for very inexpensive, very meticulously hand painted Japanese yunomi, preferably unsigned. I made an exception for this one as it it met the first two criteria though it is signed. The point of looking for simple, anonymous cups is partially an homage to mingei ware, but this cup turned out to be the least expensive cup I could find. Pretty amazing. This cup misses completely several criteria for mingei ware, not simple, not easily produced in large quantities, not anonymous, etc. Fancy, actually, but too good to pass up.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mingei

    I haven't tried to identify the maker, but will update the description if I figure it out.

    I did stumble across the two footed sake cups I was looking for, but they turned out be by Koransha's sister kiln, Fukagawa. I will post them by and by. They are quite fancy and came with a ton of documentation.

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    Comments

    1. kwqd kwqd, 1 month ago
      Thanks, Kevin and vynil33rpm!
    2. kwqd kwqd, 1 month ago
      Thank you, dav2no1, fortapache, mikelv85, Jenni and Reise!
    3. kwqd kwqd, 1 month ago
      Thanks for checking out my cup, Drake47 and vcal!
    4. kwqd kwqd, 1 month ago
      Thanks for checking out my cup, Blammoammo!
    5. kwqd kwqd, 1 month ago
      Thank you, mp.kunst!
    6. kwqd kwqd, 30 days ago
      Thanks for the cup luv, Leelani, GianaMZ and Bronmar!
    7. kwqd kwqd, 14 hours ago
      Thank you, BHIFOS, Blammoammo, jbingham95 and JJansen!
    8. jmillersmugs jmillersmugs, 13 hours ago
      Not an expert on these, but it looks like a Japanese Sometsuke Noodle Bowl. Try Choko Kanji as the designer.
    9. kwqd kwqd, 12 hours ago
      Thanks for the input, jmillermugs! Dimensions and shape are not right for a noodle bowl. The top is flared out quite a bit on this cup, somewhat distorting the dimensions.

      Kanji is a Japanese writing style, so choko kanji is basically a way of saying a cup with writing on it, not the name of a designer.

      That being said, the size of Japanese tea cups, yunomi, and some sake cups, ochoko/choko, are very close to those of some noodle cups and could be used that way and vise versa. Noodle cups typically have straight, not flared sides, though I have seen noodle cups that have flared tops.

      The cup in this post is classically a yunomi.

      Then we have chawanmushi cups..... Very confusing...
    10. apostata apostata, 56 mins ago
      i wonder is it actually possible to buy chawanmushi cups without a futa ?
    11. apostata apostata, 19 mins ago
      wow that,s is a good remark of kwqd even the shapes and the rim is intertwining, i just don,t know

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