Two antique Japanese Shunga (erotica) works of art.
One a shallow dish with explicit detail and evidence of the Kutani studio,
Diameter 7.5 in. (19.05 cm.)
The other a hidden shunga as a fluted covered bowl, the exterior in cobalt underglaze needlefish and seagrasses,
Diameter 4.5 in. (11.43 cm.),
Late Meiji period, circa 1910.
One a shallow dish with explicit detail and evidence of the Kutani studio,
Diameter 7.5 in. (19.05 cm.)
The other a hidden shunga as a fluted covered bowl, the exterior in cobalt underglaze needlefish and seagrasses,
Diameter 4.5 in. (11.43 cm.),
Late Meiji period, circa 1910.