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🎎 Vintage Japanese Sake Cup with Turquoise Glaze and Painted Floral Interior – Mid-Showa Era – Japan Antique Roadshow product image (1)
🎎 Vintage Japanese Sake Cup with Turquoise Glaze and Painted Floral Interior – Mid-Showa Era – Japan Antique Roadshow product image (2)
🎎 Vintage Japanese Sake Cup with Turquoise Glaze and Painted Floral Interior – Mid-Showa Era – Japan Antique Roadshow product image (3)
🎎 Vintage Japanese Sake Cup with Turquoise Glaze and Painted Floral Interior – Mid-Showa Era – Japan Antique Roadshow product image (4)
🎎 Vintage Japanese Sake Cup with Turquoise Glaze and Painted Floral Interior – Mid-Showa Era – Japan Antique Roadshow product image (5)
🎎 Vintage Japanese Sake Cup with Turquoise Glaze and Painted Floral Interior – Mid-Showa Era – Japan Antique Roadshow product image (1)
🎎 Vintage Japanese Sake Cup with Turquoise Glaze and Painted Floral Interior – Mid-Showa Era – Japan Antique Roadshow product image (2)
🎎 Vintage Japanese Sake Cup with Turquoise Glaze and Painted Floral Interior – Mid-Showa Era – Japan Antique Roadshow product image (3)
🎎 Vintage Japanese Sake Cup with Turquoise Glaze and Painted Floral Interior – Mid-Showa Era – Japan Antique Roadshow product image (4)
🎎 Vintage Japanese Sake Cup with Turquoise Glaze and Painted Floral Interior – Mid-Showa Era – Japan Antique Roadshow product image (5)
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🎎 Vintage Japanese Sake Cup with Turquoise Glaze and Painted Floral Interior – Mid-Showa Era – Japan Antique Roadshow

$38.00

This charming little sake cup was crafted in mid-20th century Japan and captures the essence of Showa-era domestic beauty. Its vibrant turquoise glaze contrasts gracefully with the white interior, where a soft underglaze brushwork depicts what appears to be kuzu (葛)—Japanese arrowroot—rendered in flowing blue lines. A traditional motif, kuzu evokes the passing seasons and the quiet elegance of nature entwined with daily life.

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This small ceramic guinomi (ぐい呑み) weighs 40 grams and stands 3.5 cm tall. It measures 4.5 cm across the lip and 2.75 cm at the foot. The interior bears a delicate composition in blue underglaze, likely hand-painted, depicting slender arrowroot leaves along an arching stem. The turquoise outer glaze is serene and luminous, subtly worn from use, with warm reddish tones at the rim and foot providing quiet contrast.

📏 Approximate dimensions:
• Height: 3.5 cm
• Width at lip: 4.5 cm
• Width at foot: 2.75 cm
• Weight: 40 g
• Condition: Excellent, with no cracks or chips; light wear at the foot consistent with age

This vessel speaks not only to a moment of personal use but to the broader appreciation of craft and everyday elegance that characterizes the mingei (folk craft) movement. Whether for display or daily use, this piece quietly honors the past with each gentle curve.

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