24998 Kitaoji Rosanjin (Blue and white straw hand-held sake cup (Kuroda Toyoan signature)

Height 4.3 cm

Diameter 4.5 cm

Kitaoji Rosanjin was praised as an artist who never made it big, and showed his extraordinary talent not only in ceramics but also in seal carving, lacquerware, calligraphy, and other fields. He was a great master of the arts who left many masterpieces and legends to the world. This piece is a magnificent piece of precise wheel-throwing and brushwork. In recent years, Rosanjin's sake vessels have become very rare, and are difficult to come across.