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A Japanese Sake Cup Holder – HAIDAI – Hexagonal browse these categories for related items... All Items: Japanese: Ceramics: Earthenware: Pre 1900: item #803444 Please refer to our stock #Coll 8023 when inquiring.
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This is an unusually shaped Japanese porcelain sake cup holder known as a Haidai. The top of the haidai is hexagonally shaped and has a low relief design of stylized waves in the classic Japanese style. The base has a slightly rounded bottom but the bottom is very flat so that the cup does not roll around. The glaze has a very faint hint of celadon. We are not sure of the pottery – the presence of pale orange where the glaze ends - seen in photo # 2 - inside the rim would be typical of Hirado porcelain. To be safe, we will just say it is Arita. The Haidai measures 2 7/8” diameter and is 2” high. We date it to the late Edo to early Meiji period, circa 1850s – 1890s. It is in excellent condition. HaiDai came into use during the Muromachi period (1333-1573). In the mansions of the samurai and imperial court circles, lacquered stands were used to lift the small sake cups off the tatami floor and present them in a polite and gracious way to the lords and their retinue. It was during the Edo period (circa 1700) that porcelain sake cups first appeared, probably due to the new trend of heating the heady wine. |
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