Wine cup with design of maple leaves afloat on water stream. blue

Wine cup with design of maple leaves afloat on water stream. blue
Wine cup with design of maple leaves afloat on water stream. blue
Wine cup with design of maple leaves afloat on water stream. blue

Height 6.4 cm, mouth diameter 5.5 x 4.1 cm, bottom diameter 3.2 cm
 These pieces were conventionally called “Matsugaya,” but as already mentioned, they are assumed to belong to the Ko-Nabeshima style. The molding is die-cut, but the pieces are thick and quite solid. The purpose of each of these vessels seems to have been the same, but they may have been made as boar-shaped vessels. Some of them have thin tubes attached to their sides.

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