Object type: Sake cup
Department: Asian Art
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist: Shomosai
Artist bio: Japanese, active late 18th–early 19th century
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Japanese
Date: mid-19th century
Medium: Gold lacquer on red lacquer ground
Dimensions: H. 1 1/16 in. (2.7 cm); W. 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm)
Classification: Lacquer
Credit line: Bequest of Stephen Whitney Phoenix, 1881
Accession year: 1881