Weiwei

Cups

	The Cup

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Model Number

cup-1

Tea cup measuring 3.5" dia by 3" approx tall on a 5.5" dia. saucer and 6.25" dia plate in good condition with no chips, cracks and all kinds of coulors .Although Tea Cup reveals the formal language of modern design, it is actually based on an ancient Japanese terracotta cup that was in Noguchi’s possession. With this tea cup and saucer Noguchi succeeded in creating a sculptural object that in a unique manner blended western Modernism with the traditional Chinese tea ceremony.