Antique Japanese Arita Porcelain
Soba Choko Tea Cup
Blue & White Landscape Pines
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Type: Soba Choko (そば猪口, soba sauce dipping cup, commonly also used as a tea cup (yunomi) or sake cup (guinomi))
Material: Porcelain
Age: Edo Period (1603 - 1868). Koki period soba choko spanned the final 78 years of Edo (1789–1867). The underside base featured an 'eyeball' style circle (Janome kodai), used kiln marks, had decorative inner borders, and also featured at the time decorative top rims.
Origin/Maker: Arita ware 有田焼 / Imari ware 伊万里焼, Arita, Saga Prefecture (formerly Hizen Provence), Japan. Kiln stamp mark (mikomi-moyo) inside cup.
Size: 2 3/8" tall (6.0325 cm), 3" diameter (7.62 cm)
Weight: 3.5 oz (100 g)
Provenance:
Present: Ryan Snooks collection of Japanese & Asian Decorative Art
Previous: Private Collection
Collected: Antique store, Arroyo Grande, CA, 15 MAR 2026
Condition: Item is used in fair condition commensurate with age, see photos. Small original to manufacture hairline crack at upper edge of cup Some light surface wear.
Subject: Antique Edo Period Arita porcelain soba choko (soba sauce dipping cup, commonly also used as a tea cup (yunomi) or sake cup (guinomi)), with maker's mark on the inside, brown glaze around the top rim, and a landscape scene in underglaze blue and white (sometsuke) around the outside with designs of pine trees, birds, a house, and a mountain. The base has a 'eyeball' style circle (Janome kodai).
Location:
Antique Japanese Arita Porcelain Soba Choko Tea Cup Blue & White Landscape Pines
www.ebay.com/usr/xcoasterxtreme
See also:
Type: Soba Choko (そば猪口, soba sauce dipping cup, commonly also used as a tea cup (yunomi) or sake cup (guinomi))
Material: Porcelain
Age: Edo Period (1603 - 1868). Koki period soba choko spanned the final 78 years of Edo (1789–1867). The underside base featured an 'eyeball' style circle (Janome kodai), used kiln marks, had decorative inner borders, and also featured at the time decorative top rims.
Origin/Maker: Arita ware 有田焼 / Imari ware 伊万里焼, Arita, Saga Prefecture (formerly Hizen Provence), Japan. Kiln stamp mark (mikomi-moyo) inside cup.
Size: 2 3/8" tall (6.0325 cm), 3" diameter (7.62 cm)
Weight: 3.5 oz (100 g)
Provenance:
Present: Ryan Snooks collection of Japanese & Asian Decorative Art
Previous: Private Collection
Collected: Antique store, Arroyo Grande, CA, 15 MAR 2026
Condition: Item is used in fair condition commensurate with age, see photos. Small original to manufacture hairline crack at upper edge of cup Some light surface wear.
Subject: Antique Edo Period Arita porcelain soba choko (soba sauce dipping cup, commonly also used as a tea cup (yunomi) or sake cup (guinomi)), with maker's mark on the inside, brown glaze around the top rim, and a landscape scene in underglaze blue and white (sometsuke) around the outside with designs of pine trees, birds, a house, and a mountain. The base has a 'eyeball' style circle (Janome kodai).
Location:
Antique Japanese Arita Porcelain Soba Choko Tea Cup Blue & White Landscape Pines
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