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1 pitcher gold leaf painted withe flying swans all over the top 3/4 of the pitcher 5 cups gold leaf painted with same swan design on them when you hold the cups up and look into them you see a beautifull japanese womon embossed into the bottom of each cup,
Re: Sake set 1 Pitcher and 5 cups
You have a Japanese Kutani Whistling Lithophane saki set. The bird on the decanter whistles when liquid is poured out. The lovely geisha in the bottom of the cups are called lithophanes. The picture of the geisha you are showing is called the saki geisha.......it is fairly common. Age...you didn't show a picture of the marked on the bottom so not sure. You have a set with one cup missing, set usually comes with 6 cups.