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Soba cup

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

White ceramic cup with blue designs, Soba cup, by artist Raku. The cup is tapered, wider at the top and narrower at the bottom. The blue designs form intersecting lines meeting at the bottom, the lines thicker at the top and gradually becoming more dense towards the bottom where they form a crosshatch pattern. The cup sits on a gray background.

Artwork Details

Date
mid-18th–18th century
Medium
Porcelain with underglaze blue (Hizen ware)
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
599 × 399 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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