Food Cup (Choku) with Stylized Flowers and Foliate Scrolls

White ceramic cup with a wide mouth and a narrow base. The cup features a design that includes stylized flowers and foliate scrolls. The design consists of blue, teal, and yellow elements. Red scrollwork borders the design. The blue and teal elements resemble leaves and flowers. The yellow elements are rounded and appear to be fruits or flowers. The background of the image is gray, with a darker shade at the top and a lighter shade at the bottom. The cup casts a shadow on the surface below it.

Artwork details

Date:: ca. 1690–1720s
Medium:: Porcelain with cobalt blue under transparent glaze and polychrome enamels over the glaze (Hizen ware, Nabeshima type)
Culture:: Japan
Dimensions:: 600 × 450 px
Museum record:: View original