Title: Set of Five Soba Cups (Soba choko) with Interlinked Circles (Shippō)
Object type: Soba cup
Date: second half 18th century
Culture: Japan
Period: middle Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium: Porcelain with cobalt blue under transparent glaze (Hizen ware, Arita type)
Dimensions: H. 2 in. (5.1 cm); Diam. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm)
Classification: Ceramics
Credit line: The Harry G. C. Packard Collection of Asian Art, Gift of Harry G. C. Packard, and Purchase, Fletcher, Rogers, Harris Brisbane Dick, and Louis V. Bell Funds, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, and The Annenberg Fund Inc. Gift, 1975
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY