{"product_id":"three-kutani-shunga-sake-cups-hidden-pictures-landscapes-calligraphy-paulownia-box","title":"Three Kutani Shunga Sake Cups with Hidden Pictures, Landscapes and Calligraphy, in a Paulownia Box","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"jp-product\" data-world=\"Japan Luxury Archive\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jp-lede\"\u003eThree small porcelain sake cups, Kutani, each keeping a secret: lovers, landscapes, verse and a beauty at a lattice window, kept in a paulownia box tied with purple cord.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jp-note\"\u003eThis piece belongs to the private room of the house and is shown to adults only.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe set was newly brought out of an old family house, and it is a set made to be turned in the hand. The first cup is plain blue and white outside, with loose underglaze flowers, yet its well holds a pair of lovers in a robe of lilac maple leaves and green and gold. The surprise is the whole point.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe two companion cups reverse the joke. Their wells are painted with misty mountain landscapes of pines, a hillside temple and a small boat, the most respectable of subjects. Outside, a beauty kneels beside a lattice window, and lines of verse in flowing script run around the body; only as the cup turns does the intimate scene come into view. Such cups belong to the higa, the hidden picture, one of the wittiest branches of the erotic arts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach cup sits in its own compartment of the paulownia box.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"jp-details\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWare:\u003c\/strong\u003e Porcelain, Kutani\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eForm:\u003c\/strong\u003e Three sake cups in a compartmented paulownia box\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDecoration:\u003c\/strong\u003e Overglaze enamels and gilt rims; one cup with underglaze blue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSizes:\u003c\/strong\u003e About 4.7 cm (1.9 in) across; 2.3 cm and 3.0 cm (0.9 and 1.2 in) high\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBox:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paulownia wood with purple cord\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMeasured by hand; please allow a gentle margin of about 0.3 cm (0.1 in).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCondition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSome surface soiling from age.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo chips or cracks.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition grade \u003cstrong\u003eB (very good)\u003c\/strong\u003e on the Japanese scale; see \u003ca href=\"\/fr\/blogs\/news\/japanese-condition-ranks-explained\"\u003eJapanese condition ranks, explained\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAuthenticity \u0026amp; Care\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOffered as Kutani porcelain; undated and unsigned, and no maker is claimed. Wash by hand only.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDelivery from Japan\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach cup is wrapped separately and the box double boxed, then shipped insured and tracked by EMS or an equivalent express service. Import duties and taxes, where applicable, are payable on arrival. Every sale is final; please ask anything you wish to know before you buy, and see our \u003ca href=\"\/fr\/policies\/refund-policy\"\u003epublished policy\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"jp-closing\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eConsidered offers are welcome through Send an Offer, and each one is reviewed personally. Further pieces of the kind are kept in \u003ca href=\"\/fr\/collections\/shunga-hidden-arts\"\u003eShunga and Hidden Arts\u003c\/a\u003e and among our \u003ca href=\"\/fr\/collections\/japanese-arts-vintage-antiques\"\u003eJapanese arts and antiques\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"jp-cta\" data-world=\"Japan Luxury Archive\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jp-cta-eyebrow\"\u003eConcierge\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSearching for other higa cups? Our Hunting Salon™ locates such pieces across Japan's private collector circles, then inspects, documents and delivers them to you. \u003ca href=\"\/fr\/pages\/hunting-salon%E2%84%A2\"\u003eBegin a Hunting Salon™ request\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jp-search\"\u003eCollectors also search: higa sake cup set · Kutani shunga guinomi · hidden picture sake cups\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Kutani","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54483478970661,"sku":"JP-CL-V1063838210","price":420.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/8829\/6229\/files\/kutani-cups-kiri-01.jpg?v=1794592637","url":"https:\/\/japonista.com\/fr\/products\/three-kutani-shunga-sake-cups-hidden-pictures-landscapes-calligraphy-paulownia-box","provider":"Japonista","version":"1.0","type":"link"}