A collection of nineteen sake cups


Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th centuryA set of three sakazuki of red lacquer, each bearing a kikumon in silver takamaki-e, 8.9cm to 12.7cm (3½in to 5in); another set of three, similarly decorated with kikumon in gold takamaki-e, 11.4cm to 15.2cm (4½in to 6in); a set of four sakazuki, decorated with kirimon in gold togidashi maki-e, 8cm to 10.7cm (3 1/8in to 4¼in); a set of three sakazuki, lacquered with Noh actors, one signed Joshosai, 10.2cm to 12.7cm (4in to 5in); two lacquered with figures in landscapes, signed Yutokusai, 10.2cm to 11.4cm (4in to 4½in); and four single sakazuki, one lacquered with a sail boat in a bay, 16.5cm (6½in); one with the accoutrements of the Noh play Sanbaso, 12.7cm (5in); one with numerous figures crossing a river, 10.5cm (4 1/8in); and one with a procession, 11.4cm (4½in). (19).