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I'd love more info on this Japanese set. It is signed with the Kutani mark on the bottom of each piece. On the small bowls the mark is red and on the large bowl the mark is black. I believe it is considered gold washed and the only I've found seems to date back to the WWII era. I'm not even sure exactly what the set is sake or tea or maybe even rice. There is 6 small bowls and one large. The large bowl measures 4 and 1/4 " wide, 2 and 1/2 tall. The small bowls are just shy of 2"wide and 1 and 1/4" tall. It seems as though the marks are each just slightly different on each bowl. The top of the mark is the 9 symbol and the bottom marks differ from each other but very little.
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Re: Kutani marked bowls/sake set
It does look like part of a Saki set, these sets have nver really been out of production and tend to have modest values today. Most like this set tend to post date World War Two. Here is a link for you to give you an idea of the current market.
http://www.liveauctioneers.com/search?q=saki+set&sort=relevance&dtype=gallery&hasimage=true&type=complete&rows=20&pagenum=1&showfullfacetselect=Year
Re: Kutani marked bowls/sake set
Thank you I will be sure to check out your link.
Re: Kutani marked bowls/sake set
the larger bowls are teabowls or teacups, the smaller ones are for sake. Normally the gold on kutani pieces is the real thing, ei gold leaf. The outside decoration may have been silver leaf, but has tarnished now the grey color you see now. They may have been a set at one time....sake cups do sell separtely as collectibles....teacups not so much, They would be of modest price...sake cups about $20 each, teacups if sold as a pair, I'd price them at $60 if they were in my store. Kutani is an area of Japan, and there are 100's of potteries.
Re: Kutani marked bowls/sake set
Thank you Nekonook! You've answered the question that was bothering me most...what they were!