Title: Sake cups with "Three Friends" design
Object type: Cups
Date: ca. 1878
Culture: Japan
Artist:  Shibata Zeshin 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1807–1891
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Red lacquer
Dimensions: H. 13/16 in. ( 2 cm); Diam. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)
Classification: Lacquer
Credit line: Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, 2019
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY