Small cup in the shape of an open lotus flower (seen from above) made of very thin, fine stoneware. The outside covered with translucent, finely crackled glaze, decorated in underglaze blue, blue and green enamels and gold with pine branches and flowering plum branches. Inside just covered with clear, crackled glaze.
Mark in bottom: Mizoro.
Mizoro ware is a variant of Kyo-ware.
Japan, Kyoto, late 18th/early 19th century.
H 2.5 x Diam 3 in.
Gold on outside slightly rubbed, minimal fritting, hairline cracks in glaze turned brown
