Nisai cup
Nisai cup

Two-color glazed ware: bowl.
8th century
Height 7.1cm, mouth diameter 20.4cm, bottom diameter 14.8cm
Shosoin
 This cup is a copy of a Sue ware cup that rises immediately from a raised platform, and has an inscription on the underside in black ink “Kidoin Seisho Yoban Todaiji”. The glaze is greenish-white and two-tiered, with two rows of arcs on the outer surface only, and white glaze on the inner surface.

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