A SET OF THREE LACQUER CUPS (SAKEZUKI)

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A SET OF THREE LACQUER CUPS (SAKEZUKI)

edo period (19th century)

Of graduated size, each footed circular cup decorated in gold and silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e and kirigane on a nashiji ground with thatched huts by a river in a landscape of pine, bamboo and plum, the undersides each decorated in similar technique with three flying cranes on a nashiji ground--4 1/8in. (10.5cm.), 4 5/8in. (11.7cm.), and 5 1/8in. (13cm.) diameters (3)