One of Three Cups with Floral Designs, from a Set of Twenty
Refined porcelain food cups with straight walls, produced in sets of twenty at the Nabeshima kilns, were among the regular annual offerings to the Tokugawa shogun. In the Complete Guide to Popular Delicacies of Edo (Edo ryūkō ryōritsū taizen)—published between 1822 and 1835 by Kuriyama Zenshirō, the proprietor of the celebrated Edo restaurant Yaozen—similar small cups are mentioned as the preferred vessel for spring sashimi courses. Characterized by their narrow mouths, these cups for formal dining conceal their contents until one peers inside, hence their playful name, nozoki (literally, “peep”) cups.
Artwork Details
- 色絵唐花唐草文猪口 ３口
- Title: One of Three Cups with Floral Designs, from a Set of Twenty
- Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
- Date: 1690–1720s
- Culture: Japan
- Medium: Porcelain with underglaze blue and overglaze enamels (Hizen ware, Nabeshima type)
- Dimensions: H. 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm); Diam. 2 3/8 in. (6 cm)
- Classification: Ceramics
- Credit Line: Gift of Charles Stewart Smith, 1893
- Object Number: 93.3.262
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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