Soba cup
Bowl-shaped vessels known as yunomi-wan were typically used for enjoying tea in everyday life. Despite their resemblance to soba cups, bowls of this type—with straight, tubular walls, wide mouths, and narrow, deeply recessed foot rings, a form known as hanzutsu-gata, meaning “half-cylinder” or “semi-tubular”—were likewise crafted for tea consumption. Their interiors are often adorned with five-petaled floral motifs, while a patterned band encircles the inner rim.
Artwork Details
- 染付格子文煎茶碗 ５口
- Title: Soba cup
- Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
- Date: 19th century
- Culture: Japan
- Medium: Porcelain painted with underglaze cobalt (Hizen ware)
- Dimensions: H. 2 3/8 in. (6 cm); Diam. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm)
- Classification: Ceramics
- Credit Line: The Harry G. C. Packard Collection of Asian Art, Gift of Harry G. C. Packard, and Purchase, Fletcher, Rogers, Harris Brisbane Dick, and Louis V. Bell Funds, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, and The Annenberg Fund Inc. Gift, 1975
- Object Number: 1975.268.655
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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