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Sake CupN2.942 a-c

Three red lacquer shallow, footed, sake cups known as sakazuki (盃), each with an image in gold, metallic brown, and black. Part a is the largest and has an image of a man riding on top of a cart of barrels being pulled by a bull; part b is slightly smaller with an image of a person with their hand on a goat's head, superimposed on rice straws with objects below them; part c is the smallest cup with an image of two figures holding a gold Japanese character, sun (寸) and another figure on a ladder that leads up to a large gold Japanese character, kotobuki (寿). The two large cups have a signature, 美信画 (Yoshinobu-ga; picture by Yoshinobu).

Culture
Japanese
Material
lacquer, metal and paint
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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